The long-term impact of matching and rebate subsidies when public goods are impure: Field experimental evidence from the carbon offsetting market
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- Kesternich, Martin & Löschel, Andreas & Römer, Daniel, 2016. "The long-term impact of matching and rebate subsidies when public goods are impure: Field experimental evidence from the carbon offsetting market," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 137(C), pages 70-78.
- Kesternich, Martin & Löschel, Andreas & Römer, Daniel, 2014. "The long-term impact of matching and rebate subsidies when public goods are impure: Field experimental evidence from the carbon offsetting market," ZEW Discussion Papers 14-098, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
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Keywords
voluntary carbon offsets; randomized field experiment; public goods; rebate subsidy; matching subsidy;JEL classification:
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- L92 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Railroads and Other Surface Transportation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2014-12-29 (All new papers)
- NEP-CBE-2014-12-29 (Cognitive & Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-ENE-2014-12-29 (Energy Economics)
- NEP-ENV-2014-12-29 (Environmental Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2014-12-29 (Experimental Economics)
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