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Field
Abstract
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Before
The overall aim of the experiment is to test the impact of self-and social image concerns on the likelihood that firms participate in a voluntary carbon offsetting program as an example for a public good. Though public good provision of firms can be observed empirically (e.g. CSR measures), little is known about the different motivations and their mechanics behind it. We contribute to the literature by implementing an experimental setting that provides the sender of a delivery the opportunity to offset the carbon emissions of this service by paying a price premium, while we vary the opportunity to signal this pro-environmental behavior to the recipient of the delivery.
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After
The overall aim of the experiment is to test the impact of self-and social image concerns on the likelihood that firms participate in a voluntary carbon offsetting program as an example for a public good. Though public good provision of firms can be observed empirically (e.g. CSR measures), little is known about the different motivations and the mechanics behind it. We contribute to the literature by implementing an experimental setting that provides the sender of a delivery the opportunity to offset the carbon emissions of this service by paying a price premium, while we vary the opportunity to signal this pro-environmental behavior to the recipient of the delivery.
As an extension we consider to introduce price variations in the second phase of the experiment conditional on the acceptance of our field partner.
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