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2026
- 26-08 Giving may decrease in ambiguous settings, when individuals can better justify acting selfishly. This paper examines how attributional ambiguity affects giving behavior and whether normative messages can counteract these effects. In an incentivized experiment, participants can donate up to half of their earnings to non-profit organizations supporting the energy transition. We show that ambiguity decreases the probability of prosocial contributions. This is consistent with the theory of moral wiggle room, in which individuals exploit ambiguity in self-serving ways. We also find that perceived descriptive norms strongly moderate this behavior: individuals with positive beliefs about others’ prosociality are strongly affected by ambiguity, while individuals with negative beliefs remain largely insensitive. The counteracting effect of an injunctive fairness-based message remains partial and limited to participants with positive descriptive beliefs
by Fabien Giauque & Mehdi Farsi & Michael Puntiroli - 26-07 Violent crime, weather shocks, and climate adaptation: Evidence from Swiss municipalities
by Fabian Scheidegger & Vincent Glatz & Bruno Lanz - 26-06 Multiple monetary policy shocks from daily data: A heteroskedasticity IV approach
by Marc Burri & Daniel Kaufmann - 26-05 The Swiss Household Energy Demand Survey: Panel updates and evidence after eight waves
by Amy Liffey & René Schumann & Sylvain Weber & Mehdi Farsi - 26-04 Financial and Non-Financial Incentives, and the Crowding-Out Effect: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Residential Electricity Consumption in Switzerland
by Valentin Favre-Bulle & Sylvain Weber - 26-03 Residential electricity load profiles and their determinants: A cluster analysis of smart meter data
by Valentin Favre-Bulle & Sylvain Weber - 26-02 Extractive Taxation and the French Revolution
by Tommaso Giommoni & Gabriel Loumeau & Marco Tabellini - 26-01 Securing the grid or preserving the planet? The impact of dynamic norms on electricity sufficiency
by Fabien Giauque & Mehdi Farsi
2025
- 25-08 Early-Life Exposure to Air Pollution Regulation and Later Educational Attainment: Evidence from China
by Siwar Khelifa & Jie He - 25-07 Adaptation through diversification: Crop diversity and the resilience of U.S. agricultural yields to weather shocks
by Benjamin Ignoto & Shuaiqi Wu & Bruno Lanz & Erwan Monier - 25-06 Heat exposure and the incidence of diseases in children: Evidence from sub-Saharan countries
by Nicola Francescutto - 25-05 Refugee Peers in Language-Support and Ability-Tracked Classes: Evidence from Switzerland
by Siwar Khelifa & Bruno Lanz & Marco Pecoraro - 25-04 Hot waters, cold realities: Assessing the labor market impacts of marine heatwaves on coastal India
by Nicola Francescutto - 25-03 Refugee migration, unemployment and anti-asylum attitudes: Evidence from the 1990s Yugoslav refugee crisis
by Marco Pecoraro & Bruno Lanz & Didier Ruedin - 25-02 Killing the bill: The interplay of social comparisons and financial framing on electricity-saving preferences
by Fabien Giauque & Mehdi Farsi & Sylvain Weber & Michael Puntiroli - 25-01 Energy cultures and language border in Switzerland
by Mehdi Farsi & Martin Peclat & Michael Puntiroli & Sylvain Weber
2024
- 24-07 Imports Complementarities in European Manufacturing
by Niccolo Cannarsa & Jean-Marie Grether - 24-06 Swiss Household Energy Demand Survey: Past experiences and new perspectives
by Mehdi Farsi & Sylvain Weber - 24-05 Private money and money market integration: the role of payments infrastructure in 19th century Switzerland
by Daniel Kaufmann & Rebecca Stuart - 24-04 Corporate leverage and the effects of monetary policy on investment: A reconciliation of micro and macro elasticities
by Valentin Grob & Gabriel Züllig - 24-03 Measuring monetary policy shocks
by Marc Burri & Daniel Kaufmann - 24-02 From Rhetoric to Reality: How Ideology, History and Geography shape Populism's Economic Footprint
by Piergiuseppe Fortunato & Tanmay Singh & Marco Pecoraro - 24-01 Retirement decision and household's gasoline consumption: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design
by Nicola Francescutto
2023
- 23-05 Climate change, temperature extremes, and conflict: Evidence from mainland Southeast Asia
by André Tashi Gasser & Bruno Lanz - 23-02 Do daily lead texts help nowcasting GDP growth?
by Marc Burri - 23-01 Dishonest Behaviour in Ambiguous Tasks: The Interplay between Effort and Competence
by Michael Puntiroli & Serhiy Kandul & Valéry Bezençon & Bruno Lanz
2022
- 22-09 COVID-19 Vaccination, Political Partisanship, and Moral Values
by Piergiuseppe Fortunato & Alessio Lombini - 22-08 The role of tenants in the transition towards more sustainable energy consumption
by Benedikt Maciosek & Mehdi Farsi & Sylvain Weber & Martin Jakob - 22-07 Impact of complexity and experience on energy investment decisions for residential buildings
by Benedikt Maciosek & Mehdi Farsi & Sylvain Weber & Martin Jakob - 22-06 Analysis of investment decisions based on homeowners' stated preferences: Policy measures, smart technologies and financing options
by Benedikt Maciosek & Mehdi Farsi & Sylvain Weber & Martin Jakob - 22-05 Rebound effects in residential heating: How much does an extra degree matter?
by Cécile Hediger - 22-04 Who is afraid of electric vehicles? An analysis of stated EV preferences in Switzerland
by Jeremy van Dijk & Mehdi Farsi - 22-03 What Drives Long-Term Interest Rates? Evidence from the Entire Swiss Franc History 1852-2020
by Niko Hauzenberger & Daniel Kaufmann & Rebecca Stuart & Cédric Tille - 22-02 Stock Return Predictability before the First World War
by Rebecca Stuart - 22-01 160 Years of Aggregate Supply and Demand in Switzerland
by Rebecca Stuart
2021
- 21-11 Intermediary Liability and Trade in Follow-on Innovation
by Alexander Cuntz & Matthias Sahli - 21-10 Zoom in, zoom out: A shift-share analysis of productivity in Switzerland based on micro data
by Jean-Marie Grether & Benjamin Tissot-Daguette - 21-09 Multiple imputation techniques: An application to Swiss value-added data
by Jean-Marie Grether & Benjamin Tissot-Daguette - 21-08 Regulatory heterogeneity and global value chain-related trade
by Alessio Lombini - 21-07 Commodity Prices and Global Inflation, 1851-1913
by Stefan Gerlach & Rebecca Stuart - 21-06 Impacts of rainfall shocks on out-migration are moderated more by per capita income than by agricultural output in Turkiye
by Nathan Delacrétaz & Bruno Lanz & Amir Delju & Etienne Piguet & Martine Rebetez - 21-05 The effect of a carbon tax on per capita carbon dioxide emissions: evidence from Finland
by Elbaum Jean-David - 21-04 Travel distance and travel time using Stata: New features and major improvements in georoute
by Sylvain Weber & Martin Péclat & August Warren - 21-03 Seductive subsidies? An analysis of second-degree moral hazard in the context of photovoltaic solar systems
by Evert Reins - 21-02 International Co-movements of Inflation, 1851-1913
by Stefan Gerlach & Rebecca Stuart - 21-01 Measuring stock market integration during the Gold Standard
by Rebecca Stuart
2020
- 20-12 Heterogeneity in price elasticity of vehicle kilometers traveled: Evidence from micro-level panel data
by Ivan Tilov & Sylvain Weber - 20-11 Beyond political divides: Analyzing public opinion on carbon taxation in Switzerland
by Laurent Ott & Mehdi Farsi & Sylvain Weber - 20-10 Does government-backed lending prevent unemployment? An assessment of the Swiss COVID-19 lending program
by Daniel Kaufmann - 20-09 Reciprocity and gift exchange in markets for credence goods
by Serhiy Kandul & Bruno Lanz & Evert Reins - 20-08 The chicken or the egg: Technology adoption and network infrastructure in the market for electric vehicles
by Nathan Delacrétaz & Bruno Lanz & Jeremy van Dijk - 20-07 Energy efficiency and heating technology investments: Manipulating financial information in a discrete choice experiment
by Ghislaine Lang & Mehdi Farsi & Bruno Lanz & Sylvain Weber - 20-06 Do sticky wages matter? New evidence from matched firm-survey and register data
by Anne Kathrin Funk & Daniel Kaufmann - 20-05 A daily fever curve for the Swiss economy
by Marc Burri & Daniel Kaufmann - 20-04 Travel mode choices in a greening market: the impact of electric vehicles and prior investments
by Jeremy van Dijk & Mehdi Farsi & Sylvain Weber - 20-03 Climate policy without a price signal: Evidence on the implicit carbon price of energy efficiency in buildings
by Ghislaine Lang & Bruno Lanz - 20-02 Too little too late: An empirical study of renovation of building elements
by Benjamin Volland & Mehdi Farsi & Sébastien Lasvaux & Pierryves Padey - 20-01 Yes, The Medium Matters: How Facebook and Twitter boost Populism in Europe
by Piergiuseppe Fortunato & Marco Pecoraro
2019
- 19-09 Growth and adaptation to climate change in the long run
by Simon Dietz & Bruno Lanz - 19-08 Does integration policy improve labour market, sociocultural and psychological adaptation of asylum-related immigrants? Evidence from Sri Lankans in Switzerland
by Marco Pecoraro & Anita Manatschal & Eva G. T. Green & Philippe Wanner - 19-07 Export Prices, Markups, and Currency Choice after a Large Appreciation
by Daniel Kaufmann & Tobias Renkin - 19-06 Social comparison and energy conservation in a collective action context: A field experiment
by Serhiy Kandul & Ghislaine Lang & Bruno Lanz - 19-05 Lying under self-control depletion and time pressure
by Serhiy Kandul & Apshara Naguleswaran - 19-04 Natural amenities and the spatial distribution of Swiss income
by Joséphine Leuba - 19-03 Asymmetric information on the market for energy efficiency: Insights from the credence goods literature
by Bruno Lanz & Evert Reins - 19-02 Shocking Interest Rate Floors
by Fabio Canetg & Daniel Kaufmann - 19-01 Minimum wage regulation in Switzerland: Survey evidence for restaurants in the canton of Neuchâtel
by Marius Berger & Bruno Lanz
2018
- 18-09 How effective is carbon taxation on residential heating demand? A household-level analysis
by Laurent Ott & Sylvain Weber - 18-08 Will future climate change increase global energy use?
by Hongliang Zhang & Jianhong E. Mu & Bruce A. McCarl - 18-07 From average Joe to frugal Jane and wasteful John: A quantile regression analysis of Swiss households' electricity use
by Ivan Tilov & Benjamin Volland - 18-06 Public good provision, in-group cooperation and out-group descriptive norms: A lab experiment
by Serhiy Kandul & Bruno Lanz - 18-05 Après nous le déluge? Perceived distance of climate change impacts and pro-environmental behaviour
by Benjamin Volland - 18-04 Energy efficiency, information, and the acceptability of rent increases: A survey experiment with tenants
by Ghislaine Lang & Bruno Lanz - 18-03 Price elasticities of electricity demand in Switzerland: Results from a household panel
by Benjamin Volland & Ivan Tilov - 18-02 Adaptation to Climate Change via Adjustment in Land Leasing: Evidence from Dryland Wheat Farms in the U.S. Pacific Northwest
by Hongliang Zhang & Jianhong E. Mu & Bruce A. McCarl - 18-01 Weather, Climate and Production Risk
by Hongliang Zhang & John M. Antle
2017
- 17-14 Swiss Household Energy Demand Survey (SHEDS): Objectives, design, and implementation
by Sylvain Weber & Paul Burger & Mehdi Farsi & Adan L. Martinez-Cruz & Michael Puntiroli & Iljana Schubert & Benjamin Volland - 17-13 If I do not ask for help, it does not mean I do not need it: Experimental analysis of recipients' preferences for redistribution
by Serhiy Kandul & Olexandr Nikolaychuk - 17-12 I deserve more! An experimental analysis of illusory ownership in dictator games
by Serhiy Kandul & Olexandr Nikolaychuk - 17-11 Interactions in Swiss Households' Energy Demand: A Holistic Approach
by Ivan Tilov & Benjamin Volland & Mehdi Farsi - 17-10 The value of air quality in Chinese cities: Evidence from labor and property market outcomes
by Xuan Huang & Bruno Lanz - 17-09 Is Deflation Costly After All? The Perils of Erroneous Historical Classifications
by Daniel Kaufmann - 17-08 The expansion of modern agriculture and global biodiversity decline: An integrated assessment
by Bruno Lanz & Simon Dietz & Tim Swanson - 17-07 Global economic growth and agricultural land conversion under uncertain productivity improvements in agriculture
by Bruno Lanz & Simon Dietz & Tim Swanson - 17-06 The Share of Foreigners in One's Occupation and Attitudes towards Foreigners
by Marco Pecoraro & Didier Ruedin - 17-05 Causal links between bilateral aid and exports: The Swiss case
by Luciano Lopez - 17-04 Correcting Measurement Errors in Transition Models Based on Retrospective Panel Data
by Shaimaa Yassin & Francois Langot - 17-03 Testing for Granger causality in panel data
by Luciano Lopez & Sylvain Weber - 17-02 Empirical Identification of Time Preferences: Theory and An Illustration Using Convex Time Budgets
by Antoine Bommier & Bruno Lanz - 17-01 The Behavioral Effect of Pigovian Regulation: Evidence from a Field Experiment
by Bruno Lanz & Jules-Daniel Wurlod & Luca Panzone & Timothy Swanson
2016
- 16-15 A nonparametric analysis of the healthy immigrant effect
by Antonio Fidalgo & Alberto Holly & Marco Pecoraro & Philippe Wanner - 16-14 The Migrant Health Gap and the Role of Labour Market Status: Evidence from Switzerland
by Sara Rellstab & Marco Pecoraro & Alberto Holly & Philippe Wanner & Karine Renard - 16-13 Energy Supply Contracting Adoption: Empirical Evidence from the Swiss Market
by Sandra Klinke - 16-12 Consumers' preferences on the Swiss car market: A revealed preference approach
by Sylvain Weber - 16-11 Turn it up and open the window: On the rebound effects in residential heating
by Cecile Hediger & Mehdi Farsi & Sylvain Weber - 16-10 A simple command to calculate travel distance and travel time
by Sylvain Weber & Martin Péclat - 16-09 Informality, Public Employment and Employment Protection in Developing Countries
by Francois Langot & Shaimaa Yassin - 16-08 GTAPINGAMS, version 9: Multiregional and small open economy models with alternative demand systems
by Bruno Lanz & Thomas F. Rutherford - 16-07 Constructing Labor Market Transitions Recall Weights in Retrospective Data: An Application to Egypt and Jordan
by Shaimaa Yassin - 16-06 Using averting expenditures to estimate the demand for public goods: Combining objective and perceived quality
by Bruno Lanz & Allan Provins - 16-05 Global population growth, technology and Malthusian constraints: A quantitative growth theoretic perspective
by Bruno Lanz & Simon Dietz & Tim Swanson - 16-04 The demand for tap water quality: Survey evidence on water hardness and aesthetic quality
by Bruno Lanz & Allan Provins - 16-03 Move it! How an Electric Contest Motivates Households to Shift their Load Profile
by Sylvain Weber & Stefano Puddu & Diana Pacheco - 16-02 The Role of Risk and Trust Attitudes in Explaining Residential Energy Demand: Evidence from the United Kingdom
by Benjamin Volland - 16-01 Efficiency in Domestic Space Heating: An Estimation of the Direct Rebound Effect for Domestic Heating in the U.S
by Benjamin Volland
2015
- 15-09 Dangerous Liaisons: Interests groups and politicians' votes. A Swiss perspective
by Stefano Puddu & Martin Péclat - 15-08 Supply Analysis of the Forestry Industry
by Géraud Krähenbühl - 15-07 TAF Effect on Liquidity Risk Exposure
by Stefano Puddu & Andreas Waelchli - 15-06 TARP Effect on Bank Lending Behaviour: Evidence from the last Financial Crisis
by Stefano Puddu & Andreas Waelchli - 15-05 Back to 1820? Spatial distribution of GDP and CO2 Emissions
by Caspar Sauter & Jean-Marie Grether & Nicole A. Mathys - 15-04 Links of interest of Swiss MPs: a comprehensive dataset
by Martin Péclat & Stefano Puddu - 15-03 CO2 Emissions and Greenhouse Gas Policy Stringency - An Empirical Assessment
by Marcel Probst & Caspar Sauter - 15-02 Estimating the Value of Preserving the Doubs
by Nikola Jovanoski - 15-01 Geographical Spread of Global Emissions: Within-country Inequalities Are Increasing
by Caspar Sauter & Jean-Marie Grether & Nicole A. Mathys
2014
- 14-03 Travel distance, fuel efficiency, and vehicle weight: An estimation of the rebound effect using individual data in Switzerland
by Sylvain Weber & Mehdi Farsi - 14-02 Online Appendix: How should we measure environmental policy stringency? A new approach
by Caspar Sauter - 14-01 How should we measure environmental policy stringency? A new approach
by Caspar Sauter
2013
- 13-03 The impact of cannabis use on short-term educational outcomes
by Lionel Perini & Joachim Marti - 13-02 Optimal Weights and Stress Banking Indexes
by Stefano Puddu - 13-01 Real Sector and Banking System: Real and Feedback Effects. A Non-Linear VAR Approach
by Stefano Puddu
2012
- 12-02 Energy endowments, barriers to trade and industry location in Chinese provinces
by Irina Hotz - 12-01 Peer effects and school design: An analysis of efficiency and equity
by Lionel Perini
2011
- 11-03 Health Conditions and Social Interactions
by Diana Pacheco Barzallo - 11-02 Government and Growth
by Milad Zarin-Nejadan - 11-01 Too TAF Towards the Risk
by Stefano Puddu & Andreas Waelchli
2010
- 10-01 Eco-label Adoption in an Interdependent World
by José-Antonio Monteiro
2009
- 09-01 Spatial Dynamic Panel Model and System GMM: A Monte Carlo Investigation
by José-Antonio Monteiro & Madina Kukenova
2008
- 08-01 Does Lax Environmental Regulation Attract FDI When Accounting For "Third-Country" Effects?
by José-Antonio Monteiro & Madina Kukenova