TY - JOUR A1 - He, Shutong A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - Robinson, Peter John A1 - van Beukering, Pieter T1 - Social comparison feedback in decision-making context: Environmental externality levels and psychological traits matter JF - Ecological Economics N2 - Social comparison feedback has been widely applied to encourage energy and water conservation, with the ultimate aim to protect ecosystems and the environment. Yet, the effectiveness of social comparison feedback varies. In this study, with 360 UK participants from Prolific, we conducted an online experiment based on a modified dictator game with multi-round purchasing decisions involving trade-offs between individual monetary payoff and real-world carbon offsets donation. A 2 × 3 between-subjects design was implemented, varying in the externality levels associated with the purchase (high versus low), and the type of feedback (self-feedback, social comparison feedback, and tangible emissions feedback – i.e. social comparison enriched with information relating environmental impacts to daily activity and nature). Furthermore, we measured several psychological traits of participants. Our findings show that social comparison interventions are only effective under certain circumstances. Both interventions with social comparison are more effective in the low-externality context. Furthermore, the effect of tangible emissions feedback is moderated by individuals’ tendency to conform to specific social norms and compete with others. Compared to standard social comparison feedback, social comparison feedback enriched with tangible emissions information is overall more effective. We highlight the importance of tailoring social comparison interventions to local environmental and cultural contexts. UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.108047 Y1 - 2023 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.108047 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-41859 SN - 1873-6106 SN - 0921-8009 VL - 2024 IS - 216 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brandsma, Jeroen A1 - Blasch, Julia T1 - One for all? : The impact of different types of energy feedback and goal setting on individuals’ motivation to conserve electricity JF - Energy policy N2 - We investigate how different types of energy feedback, combined with goal setting, impact on consumers' motivation to conserve electricity. Using an online survey, we test the influence of energy feedback in physical units (kWh), monetary values (EUR) and environmental values (avoided CO2 emissions). We asked participants to set themselves either a high, low or no energy conservation goal. In addition, we assess the respondents’ value types - hedonic, egoistic, altruistic and biospheric – to test predictions derived from goal framing theory. In general, individuals scoring high on biospheric values were more motivated to conserve electricity and their motivation did not increase in response to setting an energy conservation goal. Individuals with egoistic values seem less willing to reduce their electricity consumption, unless in the monetary feedback or high goal conditions. A high conservation goal was only found to be effective in combination with monetary feedback: it increased the motivation to save electricity by 6.7 percentage points in comparison to the low goal condition and 6.6 percentage points in comparison to the control condition. UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.110992 KW - Energy conservation behaviour KW - Energy feedback KW - Goal setting KW - Value orientation KW - Goal framing Y1 - 2019 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.110992 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-21528 SN - 0301-4215 VL - 2019 IS - 135 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Essl, Laura A1 - Atzberger, Clemens A1 - Sandén, Taru A1 - Spiegel, Heide A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - Vuolo, Francesco T1 - Multidisziplinäre Untersuchungen zur nachhaltigen Stickstoffdüngung unter Berücksichtigung der Möglichkeiten der satellitengestützten Präzisionslandwirtschaft JF - Die Bodenkultur: Journal of Land Management, Food and Environment N2 - Im Forschungsprojekt FATIMA (FArming Tools for external nutrient Inputs and water MAnagement) wurde ein integrierter Ansatz für die Optimierung des Stickstoffmanagements in der Landwirtschaft gewählt. Neben der technischen Komponente, die die Verarbeitung von Sentinel-2-Satellitendaten umfasste, wurden auch die sozio-ökonomischen Aspekte eines verbesserten Nährstoffmanagements untersucht. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass LandwirtInnen vor allem an zeitnahen Applikationskarten zur teilflächenspezifischen Stickstoffausbringung interessiert sind. Im Zuge des Projekts wurde nicht nur ein Feldversuch für die Validierung der Satellitendaten als Grundlage einer ökonomischen Analyse angelegt, sondern auch eine funktionierende Online-Anwendung für teilflächenspezifische Stickstoffdüngung, basierend auf aktuellen und historischen Satellitenbildern, entwickelt und getestet. N2 - In the H2020 project FATIMA (FArming Tools for external nutrient Inputs and water MAnagement) an integrated approach for the optimisation of nitrogen management in agriculture was applied. In addition to the technical component, which included the processing of Sentinel-2 satellite data, the socio-economic and agronomic aspects of improved nutrient management were investigated. The results show that farmers are mainly interested in timely application maps for variable-rate nitrogen application. In the course of the project not only a field trial for the validation of satellite data as a basis for an economic analysis was established, but also an online application for site-specific fertilisation based on current and historical satellite images was developed and tested. T2 - Multidisciplinary studies on sustainable nitrogen fertilisation considering the potential of satellite-based precision agriculture UR - https://doi.org/10.2478/boku-2021-0005 KW - Fernerkundung KW - Stickstoffdüngung KW - Feldversuche KW - Winterweizen KW - Choice Experiment KW - Applikationskarten KW - remote sensing KW - nitrogen fertilisation KW - field experiments KW - winter wheat KW - choice experiment KW - application maps Y1 - 2021 UR - https://doi.org/10.2478/boku-2021-0005 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-21112 SN - 0006-5471 VL - 72 IS - 2 SP - 45 EP - 56 PB - de Gruter Open CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Morren, Meike A1 - Mol, Jantsje M. A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - Malek, Ziga T1 - Changing diets : Testing the impact of knowledge and information nudges on sustainable dietary choices JF - Journal of Environmental Psychology N2 - A shift to more sustainable diets is needed to ensure food security and to reduce the pressure on the environment. Yet, many consumers have misconceptions about the environmental impacts of their diets and lack knowledge on how to prepare sustainable meals. This study uses a mixed-methods approach to develop four information nudges and to test their impact on dietary choices among a representative sample of Dutch consumers. A 2 2 between-subjects design crossing type of information (procedural versus declarative) with type of impacts (health versus environmental) is applied. The environmental impact is measured in terms of CO2 emissions, land use and water use. We find that pre-intervention knowledge about sustainable or healthy diets is related to the sustainability of participants’ dietary choices. Procedural knowledge on how to prepare a healthier meal has the greatest potential to influence dietary behavior, in particular for participants without prior self-reported dietary restrictions. UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101610 KW - Food choices KW - Declarative knowledge KW - Procedural knowledge KW - Health motivations KW - Environmental motivations Y1 - 2021 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101610 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-21144 SN - 0272-4944 VL - 2021 IS - 75 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Moerkerken, Albert A1 - Duijndam, Sem A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - van Beukering, Pieter A1 - Smit, Arnoud T1 - Determinants of energy efficiency in the Dutch dairy sector BT - dilemmas for sustainability JF - Journal of Cleaner Production N2 - Since the European Energy Efficiency Directive, a lot of attention has been paid to energy saving measures, including how to overcome the barriers for implementation. This paper addresses the dilemmas of the Dutch dairy sector, where farms are getting bigger and mechanization is increasing, while at the same time the sector is aiming for improved energy efficiency and sustainability. With an online tool which systematically recorded the energy performance of dairy farmers, a unique dataset on farm energy use with more than 25,000 observations over the years 2015–2018 was obtained. This allows for a robust analysis of the determinants of energy efficiency in the sector, using panel data analyses. The results of this study reveal three major trends. First, the on-farm use of solar panels proves to be the most significant determinant for reducing non-renewable energy use. Second, gains in energy efficiency triggered by government policies are countervailed by the continuous trend of mechanization, with especially automatic milking systems causing lower energy efficiency. Third, the increasing economies of scale in milk production substantially improve per-unit energy efficiency. However, the increased need for mechanization related to higher on-farm production can cancel out this economies-of-scale effect. These findings add important new insights to the literature on cleaner production in farms and have important policy implications. Strategies for more energy-efficient farming should entail two directions for innovation: first, the stimulation of more energy efficient automatic milking systems, and second, the stimulation of solar energy production on farms including a better on-farm utilization of solar electricity. UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126095 KW - Sustainable farming KW - Mechanization KW - Economies of scale KW - Energy efficiency KW - Solar energy Y1 - 2021 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126095 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-21153 SN - 0959-6526 VL - 2021 IS - 293 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mol, Jantsje M. A1 - Botzen, Wouter A1 - Blasch, Julia T1 - Behavioral motivations for self-insurance under different disaster risk insurance schemes JF - Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2018.12.007 KW - Behavioral insurance KW - Self-insurance KW - Homeowners KW - Lab-in-the-field experiment KW - Disaster damage reduction KW - Flood preparedness Y1 - 2020 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2018.12.007 SN - 0167-2681 VL - 2020 IS - 180 SP - 967 EP - 991 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - van der Grijp, Nicolien M. A1 - Petrovics, Daniel A1 - Palm, Jenny A1 - Bocken, Nancy A1 - Darby, Sarah J. A1 - Barnes, Jacob A1 - Hansen, Paula A1 - Kamin, Tanja A1 - Golob, Ursa A1 - Andor, Mark A1 - Sommer, Stephan A1 - Nicita, Agatino A1 - Musolino, Monica A1 - Mlinaric, Masa T1 - New clean energy communities in polycentric settings BT - four avenues for future research JF - Energy Research & Social Science N2 - Given the gaps between EU ambitions regarding energy community development and the current reality of clean energy communities in Europe, we explore a research framework enabling viable multi- and interdisciplinary research into new clean energy communities. We offer a definition of new clean energy communities, discuss their potential for wider dissemination and identify four factors that contribute to the current mismatch between ambitions and reality in energy community development. As a broader framework for interdisciplinary research into the field of new clean energy communities, we propose polycentric governance theory, considering the fact that the area of community energy systems is essentially multi-scalar, and that the rules of engagement in such systems are of great significance. This opens up four avenues for research on energy communities, which we outline in terms of enabling institutional contexts, potential for learning and transferability, business models and value propositions, and evaluation of outcomes and processes. UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102276 KW - Energy communities KW - Socio-technical innovation KW - Energy transitions KW - Polycentric governance KW - Business model innovation KW - Social value creation Y1 - 2021 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102276 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-21057 SN - 2214-6296 VL - 2021 IS - 82 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - Vuolo, Francesco A1 - Essl, Laura A1 - van der Kroon, Bianca T1 - Drivers and Barriers Influencing the Willingness to Adopt Technologies for Variable Rate Application of Fertiliser in Lower Austria JF - Agronomy N2 - Even though a broad range of technologies for variable rate application of nitrogen fertiliser is available, there are hardly any documented cases of their use in Austria. In this study, the drivers and barriers of adoption have been investigated. A survey of 242 farmers in Lower Austria was conducted. The survey covered the farmers’ economic situation, concerns, and expectations regarding the future of their farms and their interest in precision farming technologies. A choice experiment was included in the survey to elicit farmers’ preferences for different features of variable rate application technologies. A series of multinomial logit, mixed logit and latent class logit models were run to analyze the choice experiment. Most farmers were interested in variable rate application, whereas technology costs, yield and environmental improvements were found to be important drivers of adoption. Also, farm size, farming system, technological level and network activities seem to play an important role in the uptake of variable rate application technologies. UR - https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11101965 KW - variable rate fertilisation KW - nitrogen KW - satellite data KW - choice experiment KW - precision agriculture KW - adoption Y1 - 2021 UR - https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11101965 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-21105 SN - 2073-4395 VL - 11 IS - 10 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mol, Jantsje M. A1 - Botzen, Wouter A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - de Moel, Hans T1 - Insights into Flood Risk Misperceptions of Homeowners in the Dutch River Delta JF - Risk Analysis N2 - Flooding is one of the most significant natural disasters worldwide. Nevertheless, voluntary take-up of individual damage reduction measures is low. A potential explanation is that flood risk perceptions of individual homeowners are below objective estimates of flood risk, which may imply that they underestimate the flood risk and the damage that can be avoided by damage reduction measures. The aim of this article is to assess possible flood risk misperceptions of floodplain residents in the Netherlands, and to offer insights into factors that are related with under- or overestimation of perceived flood risk. We analyzed survey data of 1,848 homeowners in the Dutch river delta and examine how perceptions of flood probability and damage relate to objective risk assessments, such as safety standards of dikes, as well as heuristics, including the availability heuristic and the affect heuristic. Results show that many Dutch floodplain inhabitants significantly overestimate the probability, but underestimate the maximum expected water level of a flood. We further observe that many respondents apply the availability heuristic. UR - https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13479 KW - Affect heuristic KW - availability heuristic KW - flood preparedness KW - objective risk KW - risk perception Y1 - 2020 UR - https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13479 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-21290 SN - 1539-6924 VL - 40 IS - 7 SP - 1450 EP - 1468 PB - Wiley-Blackwell CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - Daminato, Claudio T1 - Behavioral Anomalies and Energy-related Individual Choices BT - the Role of Status-quo Bias JF - The Energy Journal UR - https://doi.org/10.5547/01956574.41.6.jbla KW - Behavioral anomalies KW - Status-quo bias KW - Appliances replacement KW - Energy efficiency KW - Residential energy consumption Y1 - 2020 UR - https://doi.org/10.5547/01956574.41.6.jbla SN - 1944-9089 VL - 41 IS - 6 SP - 181 EP - 214 PB - IAEE CY - Cleveland ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Moerkerken, Albert A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - van Beukering, Pieter A1 - van Well, Erik T1 - A new approach to explain farmers’ adoption of climate change mitigation measures JF - Climatic Change UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-019-02595-3 KW - Climate changemitigation KW - Agriculture KW - Communication campaign KW - Energy use KW - Farmer behaviour Y1 - 2019 UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-019-02595-3 SN - 1573-1480 N1 - Die Originalveröffentlichung enthält Supplement-Material in elektronischer Form. VL - 159 IS - 1 SP - 141 EP - 161 PB - Springer CY - Dodrecht ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mol, Jantsje M. A1 - Botzen, Wouter A1 - Blasch, Julia T1 - Risk reduction in compulsory disaster insurance BT - experimental evidence on moral hazard and financial incentives JF - Journal of behavioral and experimental economics UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2019.101500 KW - Behavioral insurance KW - Moral hazard KW - Lab experiment KW - Natural disasters KW - Damage-reduction measures Y1 - 2019 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2019.101500 SN - 2214-8043 N1 - Die Originalveröffentlichung enthält Open-Access-Supplement-Material in elektronischer Form. VL - 2020 IS - 84 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - He, Shutong A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - Beukering, Pieter van A1 - Wang, Junfeng T1 - Energy labels and heuristic decision-making BT - The role of cognition and energy literacy JF - Energy Economics N2 - Energy labels are used worldwide to overcome the inefficiency in household energy use. Presenting energy efficiency in grade-like categories has been found to induce heuristic decision-making, known as the “class valuation effect”. This study investigates whether visualising energy efficiency using a continuous-scale label increases consumers’ consciousness when purchasing appliances. We examine this question in an online survey with randomised decision tasks conducted in China and the Netherlands. In the Dutch sample, the effectiveness of continuous-scale labels depends on individuals’ holistic cognitive tendency and the type of comparison they are faced with, whereas the Chinese sample is not sensitive to these moderators. Moreover, energy literacy shows mixed influence on individual decisions. Results suggest that representing energy efficiency on continuous scales can be used as supportive visual information to facilitate purchase decisions. Regarding energy education, knowledge that directly links to daily energy use seems to translate well into consumers’ conscious decisions. UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2022.106279 KW - Energy label KW - Household decision-making KW - Heuristics KW - Cognitive style KW - Energy literacy Y1 - 2022 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2022.106279 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-28814 SN - 0140-9883 VL - 2022 IS - 114 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mol, Jantsje M. A1 - Botzen, Wouter A1 - Blasch, Julia T1 - After the virtual flood: Risk perceptions and flood preparedness after virtual reality risk communication JF - Judgment and Decision Making N2 - Many individuals experience problems understanding and preparing for low-probability/high-impact risk, like natural disasters and pandemics – unless they experience these events, yet then it is often too late to avoid damages. Individuals with recent disaster risk experience are, on average, better prepared. This seems to be mediated through emotions and a better understanding of the consequences. In this study, we use immersive virtual reality (VR) technology to examine whether a simulated disaster can stimulate people to invest in risk reducing measures in the context of flooding, which is one of the deadliest and most damaging natural disasters in the world. We investigate the possibility to boost risk perception, coping appraisal, negative emotions and damage-reducing behavior through a simulated flooding experience. We find that participants who experienced the virtual flood invest significantly more in the flood risk investment game than those in the control group. The investments in the VR treatment seem to decrease after four weeks but not significantly so. UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/S1930297500009074 KW - risk perception KW - flood preparedness KW - virtual reality experiment KW - risk communication Y1 - 2022 UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/S1930297500009074 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-26936 VL - 17 IS - 1 SP - 189 EP - 214 PB - Cambridge University Press CY - Cambridge ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - Filippini, Massimo A1 - Kumar, Nilkanth T1 - Boundedly rational consumers, energy and investment literacy, and the display of information on household appliances JF - Resource and Energy Economics N2 - It is an ongoing debate how to increase the adoption of energy-efficient light bulbs and household appliances in the presence of the so-called ‘energy efficiency gap’. One measure to support consumers’ decision-making towards the purchase of more efficient appliances is the display of energy-related information in the form of energy-efficiency labels on electric consumer products. Another measure is to educate consumers in order to increase their level of energy and investment literacy. Thus, two questions arise when it comes to the display of energy-related information on appliances: (1) What kind of information should be displayed to enable consumers to make rational and efficient choices? (2) What abilities and prior knowledge do consumers need to possess to be able to process this information? In this paper, using a series of (recursive) bivariate probit models and three samples of 583, 877 and 1375 households from three major Swiss urban areas, we show how displaying information on the future energy consumption of electrical appliances in monetary terms (CHF), rather than in physical units (kWh), increases the probability that an individual makes a calculation and identifies the appliance with the lowest lifetime cost. In addition, our econometric results suggest that individuals with a higher level of energy and, in particular, investment literacy are more likely to perform an optimization rather than relying on a decision-making heuristic. These individuals are also more likely to identify the most (cost-)efficient appliance. UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2017.06.001 KW - Energy-efficiency KW - Bounded rationality KW - Energy-using durables KW - Energy label KW - Energy literacy KW - Online randomized controlled trial Y1 - 2017 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2017.06.001 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-26997 SN - 0928-7655 VL - 2019 IS - 56 SP - 39 EP - 58 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - He, Shutong A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - Beukering, Pieter van T1 - How does information on environmental emissions influence appliance choice? BT - The role of values and perceived environmental impacts JF - Energy Policy N2 - Energy labels with compact information on the energy use of appliances have been adopted worldwide to encourage consumers to make informed investment decisions. This study examines whether communicating environmental emissions (CO2 and air pollutant emissions) on energy labels can increase the preferences for energy-efficient appliances, with a specific focus on the role of individual psychological traits. A survey with decision tasks was conducted among the adult population in the Netherlands. Results show that information on environmental emissions does not increase the intention to invest in energy-efficiency, while energy-saving attitudes and habits do. Nevertheless, presenting information on CO2 emissions as well as combined CO2 and air pollutant emissions on energy labels can increase the preferences for energy-efficient appliances among individuals with relatively strong postmaterialist values. Information on CO2 emissions also increases the preferences of individuals with strong environmental concerns. However, no significant effects are found for information on air pollutant emissions. Also, personal experience of environmental degradation was not found to affect the effectiveness of the tested information interventions. Finally, we discuss the role of attention and type of decision situation for the processing of emissions information on energy labels. Our findings provide insights for improving information display on energy labels and energy education. UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113142 KW - energy-efficiency KW - environmental information KW - energy literacy KW - environmental concern KW - postmaterialist values Y1 - 2022 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113142 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-26806 SN - 0301-4215 IS - 168 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - Ohndorf, Markus T1 - Altruism, Moral Norms and Social Approval BT - Joint Determinants of Individual Offset Behavior JF - Ecological Economics UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.04.024 KW - Public good provision KW - Environmental offsets KW - Altruism KW - Internalized norms KW - Social norms Y1 - 2015 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.04.024 SN - 0921-8009 VL - 2015 IS - 116 SP - 251 EP - 260 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ohndorf, Markus A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - Schubert, Renate T1 - Emission budget approaches for burden sharing BT - some thoughts from an environmental economics point of view JF - Climatic Change UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-015-1442-y KW - Abatement Cost KW - Marginal Abatement Cost KW - Emission Allowance KW - Cumulative Emission KW - Burden Sharing Y1 - 2015 UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-015-1442-y SN - 1573-1480 VL - 133 (2015) IS - 3 SP - 385 EP - 395 PB - Springer CY - Dordrecht ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - Turner, Robert W. T1 - Environmental Art, Prior Knowledge about Climate Change, and Carbon Offsets T2 - Department of Economics Working Papers KW - environmental art KW - climate change KW - carbon offsetting KW - knowledge KW - norms KW - discrete choice experiment Y1 - 2015 UR - https://digitalcollections.colgate.edu/object/islandora4721 PB - Colgate University CY - Hamilton ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - Farsi, Mehdi T1 - Context effects and heterogeneity in voluntary carbon offsetting BT - a choice experiment in Switzerland JF - Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/21606544.2013.842938 KW - voluntary carbon offsets KW - context effects KW - heterogeneity in preferences and motivations KW - choice experiment KW - latent class model Y1 - 2014 UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/21606544.2013.842938 SN - 2160-6552 VL - 3 IS - 1 PB - Routledge CY - Abingdon ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - Farsi, Mehdi T1 - Retail demand for voluntary carbon offsets BT - a choice experiment among Swiss consumers T2 - IED working paper KW - Voluntary carbon offsets KW - Willingness to pay KW - Choice experiment KW - Latent class model Y1 - 2012 UR - https://ideas.repec.org/p/ied/wpsied/12-18.html VL - 18 PB - IED Institute for Environmental Decisions, ETH Zurich CY - Zürich ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schubert, Renate A1 - Messner, Dirk A1 - Blasch, Julia T1 - About Ship! Why We Need a "Great Transformation" JF - GAIA: Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society T2 - Klar zur Wende! Warum eine "Große Transformation" notwendig ist UR - https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.20.4.7 KW - decarbonisation KW - energy systems KW - global governance KW - participation KW - public policy Y1 - 2011 UR - https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.20.4.7 SN - 2625-5413 SN - 0940-5550 VL - 20 IS - 4 SP - 243 EP - 245 PB - oekom Verlag CY - München ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schubert, Renate A1 - Blasch, Julia T1 - Sustainability standards for bioenergy BT - A means to reduce climate change risks? JF - Energy Policy UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2010.01.011 KW - Bioenergy KW - Sustainability KW - Standards Y1 - 2010 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2010.01.011 SN - 0301-4215 VL - 38 SP - 2797 EP - 2805 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - Filippini, Massimo A1 - Kumar, Nilkanth A1 - Martinez-Cruz, Adan Leobardo T1 - Boosting the choice of energy-efficient home appliances BT - the effectiveness of two types of decision support JF - Applied Economics N2 - Consumers’ limitations in assessing the lifetime cost of household appliances may sustain the much-cited energy efficiency gap. We analyse the impact of an individual’s energy and investment literacy and two different types of decision support on the ability to identify the appliance with the lower lifetime cost in an online randomized controlled trial among two independently chosen samples of the Swiss population. In a decision task, participants choose between appliances with different lifetime cost. One treatment offers a short education programme on how to calculate the lifetime cost of an appliance – via a set of information slides. The second treatment provides access to an online lifetime-cost calculator tool. We find that pre-treatment energy and investment literacy are positively associated with the probability of identifying the appliance with the lowest lifetime cost. Evidence in this paper suggest that both decision aids boost identification of energy-efficient appliances. We discuss strategies to scale up these boosters. UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2021.2014395 KW - energy efficiency KW - bounded rationality KW - deliberation cost KW - boosting KW - online tools KW - energy and investment literacy Y1 - 2022 UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2021.2014395 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-16982 SN - 1466-4283 VL - 54 IS - 31 SP - 3598 EP - 3620 PB - Routledge CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - Boogen, Nina A1 - Filippini, Massimo A1 - Kumar, Nilkanth T1 - Explaining electricity demand and the role of energy and investment literacy on end-use efficiency of Swiss households JF - Energy Economics UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2017.12.004 KW - Stochastic frontier analysi KW - Transient and persistent efficiency KW - Residential electricity demand KW - Energy literacy KW - Investment literacy Y1 - 2017 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2017.12.004 SN - 0140-9883 VL - 2017 IS - 68, Supplement 1 SP - 89 EP - 102 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Moerkerken, Albert A1 - Duijndam, Sem A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - van Beukering, Pieter A1 - van Well, Erik T1 - Which farmers adopt solar energy? A regression analysis to explain adoption decisions over time JF - Renewable Energy Focus N2 - Farmers can play an important role in the critical renewable energy transition by generating solar energy. Farmers' adoption of a solar photovoltaic (PV) system results from a complex and interdependent array of technical, political, social, and economic factors. Under the regime of a covenant on energy and greenhouse gas emissions, the evolution of perceptions and responses to solar PV was monitored for a panel of 279 Dutch farmers in a unique series of surveys in 2015, 2018, and 2020. We observed that the willingness to reduce greenhouse gas emissions steadily increased from 35% of the farmers in 2015 to 82% in 2020, while the perceptions toward solar PV adoption among Dutch farmers fluctuated over this period. We examined Dutch farmers’ determinants of solar PV uptake through multiple regression analyses. Consistent with the literature, our results indicate that behavioural intentions, the perceived importance of renewable energy, and farmers’ innovativeness are the most critical determinants for solar PV adoption. Many farmers mentioned the decreased payback time as the most crucial motive to adopt solar PV. We argue that a stable long-term policy for renewable energy, as implemented in the Netherlands, creates attractive economic conditions for solar PV adoption. At the same time, the payback time is a critical factor in shaping farmers’ intentions and behaviour. We recommend more extensive research using panel datasets of farmers, while we also acknowledge the difficulty of obtaining high-quality panel data, which underlines the uniqueness of our analysis. UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ref.2023.04.001 KW - Solar PV adoption KW - farmer behaviour KW - behavioural intentions KW - renewable energy policy KW - panel data Y1 - 2023 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ref.2023.04.001 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-40444 SN - 1755-0084 SN - 1878-0229 VL - 2023 IS - 45 SP - 169 EP - 178 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - Boogen, Nina A1 - Daminato, Claudio A1 - Filippini, Massimo T1 - Empower the Consumer! Energy-related Financial Literacy and its Implications for Economic Decision Making JF - Economics of energy & environmental policy UR - https://doi.org/10.5547/2160-5890.10.2.jbla KW - Household decision making KW - Bounded rationality KW - Financial literacy KW - Consumer durables KW - Energy efficiency Y1 - 2021 UR - https://doi.org/10.5547/2160-5890.10.2.jbla UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-21130 SN - 2160-5890 VL - 10 IS - 2 SP - 149 EP - 180 PB - IAEE CY - Cleveland ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mol, Jantsje M. A1 - Botzen, Wouter A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - Kranzler, Elissa C. A1 - Kunreuther, Howard C. T1 - All by myself? Testing descriptive social norm-nudges to increase flood preparedness among homeowners JF - Behavioural Public Policy N2 - Nudges based on social norms (norm-nudges) can be compelling behavioral interventions compared with traditional interventions such as taxes and regulations, but they do not work in all circumstances. We tested two empirical norm-nudge frames in an online experiment on taking measures for flood preparedness with large samples of homeowners (N = 1805) in two European countries, to evaluate the possible interactions between norm-nudge effectiveness, individual characteristics, and intercultural differences. We contrasted these norm-nudge treatments with a control and norm-focusing treatment by asking respondents to express their beliefs about what other respondents would do before making a decision relevant to their own payoff. We find no evidence of a treatment effect, suggesting that our social norm-nudges do not affect flood preparedness in the context of a flood risk investment game. UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2021.17 KW - flood preparedness KW - homeowners KW - lab-in-the-field experiment KW - norm-nudges KW - social information KW - social norms Y1 - 2021 UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2021.17 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-21127 SN - 2398-0648 VL - 8 IS - 1 SP - 121 EP - 153 PB - Cambridge University Press CY - Cambridge ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - van der Kroon, Bianca A1 - van Beukering, Pieter A1 - Munster, R A1 - Fabiani, S A1 - Nino, P A1 - Vanino, S T1 - Farmer preferences for adopting precision farming technologies: a case study from Italy JF - European Review of Agricultural Economics N2 - Precision farming (PF) technologies can help to mitigate the environmental impact of agriculture by reducing fertiliser use and irrigation while saving cost for the farmer. However, these technologies are not widely adopted in Europe. We study farmers’ willingness to adopt PF technologies based on a choice experiment. Among other determinants, we explore the role of social influence for the valuation of PF technology features. The data are analysed using mixed and latent class logit models. Our results show that knowledge of fellow farmers who adopted the technology positively influences the valuation of PF technology features, stressing the importance of networks. UR - https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbaa031 KW - sustainable agriculture KW - technology adoption KW - social networks KW - choice experiment KW - choice modelling Y1 - 2020 UR - https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbaa031 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-21179 SN - 1464-3618 VL - 49 IS - 1 SP - 33 EP - 81 PB - Oxford University Press CY - Oxford ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Carattino, Stefano A1 - Blasch, Julia T1 - Nudging when the descriptive norm is low BT - evidence from a carbon offsetting field experiment T2 - Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) Working Papers / Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Working Papers KW - Carbon offsets KW - Social norms KW - Social identity KW - Nudge KW - Field experiment Y1 - 2020 UR - https://www.cccep.ac.uk/publication/nudging-when-the-descriptive-norm-is-low-evidence-from-a-carbon-offsetting-field-experiment/ SN - 2515-5709 SN - 2515-5717 VL - 375 / 345 PB - London School of Economics and Political Science CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - Turner, Robert W. T1 - Environmental art, prior knowledge about climate change, and carbon offsets JF - Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-015-0243-y KW - Environmental art KW - Climate change KW - Carbon offsetting KW - Knowledge KW - Norms KW - Discrete choice experiment Y1 - 2015 UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-015-0243-y SN - 2190-6491 VL - 6 IS - 4 SP - 691 EP - 705 PB - Springer CY - New York ER - TY - INPR A1 - Thépaut, Louison A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - Khadjavi, Menusch A1 - Spadaro, Giuliana T1 - Energy Transition at Home: Nudging the Uptake of Energy Audits by Dutch Homeowners T2 - SSRN UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5387432 Y1 - 2025 UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5387432 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nikoloski, Marjan A1 - Botzen, Wouter A1 - Banerjee, Sanchayan A1 - Blasch, Julia T1 - Clustering Dutch citizens into behavioural phenotypes to understand green energy investment preferences JF - Economics Letters N2 - People differ in their underlying economic preferences and needs for energy retrofits. Accelerating the energy transition, therefore, requires tailoring personalised solutions for distinct groups of individuals. In this paper, we create behavioural phenotypes of green energy investors in the residential sector of the Netherlands. Using a latent class analysis on a representative sample of 2245 respondents, we identify four distinct classes of investors: Comfort-driven Rationalists, Financially Driven Rationalists, Policy-driven Environmentalists, and Erratic Choosers. We innovate upon the literature by linking class profiling to economic preferences and behavioural biases, alongside socio-demographic and household characteristics. Our findings can help practitioners design bottom-up tailored behavioural interventions to accelerate the uptake of green energy investments. UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2025.112566 Y1 - 2025 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2025.112566 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-61707 SN - 1873-7374 SN - 0165-1765 VL - 2025 IS - 255 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nikoloski, Marjan A1 - Botzen, Wouter A1 - Talevi, Marta A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - Banerjee, Sanchayan A1 - Cazenave, M. P. T1 - Methods to Tailor Behavioural Interventions: A Systematic Review of Categorisation Approaches in (Energy) Economics JF - International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics UR - https://doi.org/10.1561/101.00000175 Y1 - 2025 UR - https://doi.org/10.1561/101.00000175 SN - 1932-1473 SN - 1932-1465 VL - 19 IS - 2 SP - 117 EP - 158 PB - Now Publishers CY - Boston ER - TY - INPR A1 - Nikoloski, Marjan A1 - Botzen, Wouter A1 - Banerjee, Sanchayan A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - Talevi, Marta T1 - Behavioural and Economic Drivers of Household Preferences for Energy Retrofit Programmes: Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment in the Netherlands T2 - SSRN UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6174508 Y1 - 2026 UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6174508 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Carattini, Stefano A1 - Blasch, Julia T1 - Nudging when the descriptive norm is low: Evidence from a carbon offsetting field experiment JF - Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2024.102194 Y1 - 2024 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2024.102194 SN - 2214-8043 VL - 2024 IS - 110 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - INPR A1 - Brandsma, Jeroen A1 - Blasch, Julia T1 - One for All? – The Impact of Different Types of Energy Feedback and Goal Setting on Individuals’ Motivation to Conserve Energy T2 - SSRN UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3311128 KW - Energy conservation behaviour KW - Energy feedback KW - Goal setting KW - Value orientation KW - Goal framing Y1 - 2019 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3311128 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - Filippini, Massimo A1 - Kumar, Nilkanth A1 - Martinez-Cruz, Adan Leobardo T1 - Narrowing the energy efficiency gap BT - The impact of educational programs, online support tools and energy-related investment literacy T2 - Economics Working Paper Series UR - https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000187391 KW - energy-efficient appliances KW - energy-related investment literacy KW - appliance choice KW - bounded rationality KW - educational programs KW - online tool Y1 - 2017 UR - https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000187391 VL - 17/276 PB - ETH Zurich, Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) CY - Zürich ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - Boogen, Nina A1 - Filippini, Massimo A1 - Kumar, Nilkanth T1 - The role of energy and investment literacy for residential electricity demand and end-use efficiency T2 - Economics Working Paper Series UR - https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-010870845 KW - Stochastic frontier analysis KW - Transient and persistent efficiency KW - Energy literacy KW - Investment literacy KW - Energy saving behaviour KW - Residential electricity demand KW - Household data Y1 - 2017 UR - https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-010870845 VL - 17/269 PB - ETH Zurich, Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) CY - Zürich ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Mol, Jantsje M. A1 - Botzen, Wouter A1 - Blasch, Julia T1 - Risk reduction in natural disaster insurance BT - Experimental evidence on moral hazard and financial incentives KW - Behavioral insurance KW - Moral hazard KW - Lab experiment KW - Natural disasters KW - Damage reduction Y1 - 2018 UR - https://riskcenter.wharton.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/WP201810_Risk-reduction-moral-hazard.pdf VL - 2018-10 PB - Risk Management and Decision Processes Center The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania CY - Pennsylvania ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - Filippini, Massimo A1 - Kumar, Nilkanth T1 - Boundedly rational consumers, energy and investment literacy, and the display of information on household appliances T2 - Economics Working Paper Series UR - https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-010656875 KW - energy-efficiency KW - bounded rationality KW - energy-using durables KW - information KW - energy label KW - energy literacy KW - choice experiment Y1 - 2016 UR - https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-010656875 VL - 16/249 PB - ETH Zurich, Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) CY - Zürich ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - Boogen, Nina A1 - Daminato, Claudio T1 - Empower the consumer! Energy-related financial literacy and its socioeconomic determinants T2 - Economics Working Paper Series UR - https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000263429 KW - Energy literacy: financial literacy KW - energy-related financial literacy KW - consumer awareness KW - energy knowledge Y1 - 2018 UR - https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000263429 VL - 18/289 PB - ETH Zurich, Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) CY - Zürich ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Blasch, Julia A1 - Daminato, Claudio T1 - Behavioral anomalies and energy-related individual choices BT - the role of status-quo bias T2 - Economics Working Paper Series UR - https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000298550 KW - status-quo bias KW - loss aversion KW - appliances replacement KW - residential energy consumption KW - energy-related financial literacy Y1 - 2018 UR - https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000298550 VL - 18/300 PB - ETH Zurich, Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) CY - Zürich ER -