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Field
Experimental Design (Public)
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Before
In our experimental setting, we aim at testing the impact of self- and social image concerns on firm behavior. Decision behavior will be examined by exposing individuals to different instruments in a randomized control trial. The focus of the experiment are business clients. We implement treatments in a carbon offsetting context that differ in the opportunity to signal the pro-environmental behavior. In the baseline scenario (T1) participants can decide whether they want to offset the carbon emissions resulting from their delivery but without any possibility to directly signal pro-environmental behavior to the recipient of the delivery. In a second treatment (T2) we introduce a sticker which is automatically attached to the address label of the parcel to signal pro-environmental behavior. In the third treatment (F3), the sticker option is optional and has to be actively chosen by the client.
In a second phase we add a 1:1 matching scheme. This adresses those participants that initially decided against the offsetting or against the signal. It offers them to double the amount of emissions offset in case they decide to purchase the carbon compensation and signal it.
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After
In our experimental setting, we aim at testing the impact of self- and social image concerns on firm behavior. Decision behavior will be examined by exposing individuals to different instruments in a randomized controlled trial. The focus of the experiment are business clients. We implement treatments in a carbon offsetting context that differ in the opportunity to signal the pro-environmental behavior. In the baseline scenario (T1) participants can decide whether they want to offset the carbon emissions resulting from their delivery but without any possibility to directly signal pro-environmental behavior to the recipient of the delivery. In a second treatment (T2) we introduce a sticker which is automatically attached to the address label of the parcel to signal pro-environmental behavior. In the third treatment (F3), the sticker option is optional and has to be actively chosen by the client.
In a second phase we add a 1:1 matching scheme. This adresses those participants that initially decided against the offsetting or against the signal. It offers them to double the amount of emissions offset in case they decide to purchase the carbon compensation and signal it.
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