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New Perspectives for Environmental Policies Through Behavioral Economics

  • Reflects the potentials of behavioral economics for assessing environmental policy instruments

  • Presents detailed recommendations on how to move industry and society toward a sustainable course

  • Offers new perspectives on tackling practical environmental problems

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Introduction

    • Frank Beckenbach, Walter Kahlenborn
    Pages 1-12
  3. Fields of Application

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
    2. Behaviorally Green: Why, Which and When Defaults Can Help

      • Cass R. Sunstein, Lucia A. Reisch
      Pages 161-194
    3. Environmental Behavior and Fast and Frugal Heuristics

      • Florian M. Artinger, Ana Paula Bortoleto, Konstantinos V. Katsikopoulos
      Pages 195-211
    4. Implications of Behavioral Economics for Designing Adaptation Policies

      • Christian Kind, Jonas Savelsberg
      Pages 253-273
  4. Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 275-275
    2. Conclusions and Perspectives

      • Frank Beckenbach, Walter Kahlenborn
      Pages 325-335

About this book

This book presents essential insights on environmental policy derived from behavioral economics. The authors demonstrate the potential of behavioral economics to drive environmental protection and to generate concrete proposals for the efficient design of policy instruments. Moreover, detailed recommendations on how to use “nudges” and related instruments to move industry and society toward a sustainable course are presented. This book addresses the needs of environmental economists, behavioral economists and environmental policymakers, as well as all readers interested in the intersection between behavioral economics and environmental policy.

Editors and Affiliations

  • FB 7, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany

    Frank Beckenbach

  • adelphi consult, Berlin, Germany

    Walter Kahlenborn

About the editors

Frank Beckenbach is Professor for Environmental and Behavioral Economics at the University of Kassel. Since 1978 he has published a wide range of articles in the field of behavioral economics, economics of growth as well as evolutionary and computational economics.

Walter Kahlenborn is co-founder and Managing Director of adelphi research and adelphi consult. He carries out environmental policy research and consultancy for a broad range of national, European and international public institutions. His work focuses i.a. on: sustainable economic development, green transformation and sustainable consumption.

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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