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Forest Timber harvest Laboratory experiment Non-monetary incentives Commitment Competition Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics/Q.Q5 - Environmental Economics/Q.Q5.Q59 - OtherCiter ce document
May Attallah et al., « Effect of competition on proenvironmental behaviour: An experimental approach », HAL-SHS : économie et finance, ID : 10670/1.a7hllr
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We conducted a contextualized lab experiment to determine whether competition between wood buyers affects pro-environmental behaviour, which is, the adoption of new sustainable biomass harvesting practices. We also test the effect of a non-monetary incentive, that is signing a declaration that commits wood buyers who voluntarily sign it to act in a sustainable manner. Our results provide evidence that when there is competition between wood buyers, presenting a declaration to sign is effective in inducing them to act in a sustainable manner when personal and collective interests are not aligned and there are financial incentives to make decisions that are against environmental sustainability. However, presenting a declaration to sign does not have a significant effect on pro-environmental behaviour when wood buyers are monopolist. Presenting a declaration tend to correct unsustainable behaviour that emerges from competition.