Behavioral and intentional effects of providing personal emission information: An experimental approach
通过挪威萨普斯堡市雇员的实地实验，发现向个人提供与气候目标相关的排放信息能小幅提升减少燃油车使用的意向，并带来交通排放的短期下降。
To achieve local and national climate goals, it is essential to explore new policy instruments. This article examines the effects of introducing a non-intrusive policy instrument aimed at reducing car use. Specifically, we investigate the short-term behavioral impact of providing personal emission information to employees. Through a field experiment among municipal employees in Sarpsborg (Norway), we assess whether receiving personal emissions information related to municipal climate goals increases the intention to reduce car use and whether there are any short-term reductions in emissions from commuting. Our findings indicate that providing personal emission information has a small yet non-negligible effect on the intention to reduce the use of fossil-fuel cars. Equally important, we find a modest treatment effect on individual transport emissions. This study contributes to the literature on policy instruments by examining the behavioral effects of a relatively unexplored and innovative approach.