Norms and economic motivation in the Swedish green electricity market

By Kristina Ek, Patrik Söderholm. 2008

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Marketing

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Helping "light green" consumers walk the talk: Results of a behavioural intervention survey in the Swiss electricity market (2011, background): “Between these two extremes, impure altruism is defined in our survey as a motivation where the individual derives private satisfaction only from contributing to the public good (warm-glow of giving), and from the contribution of others (social interactions; cf. Andreoni, 1990; Menges et al., 2005; R”
A meta-analysis of residential PV adoption: the important role of perceived benefits, intentions and antecedents in solar energy acceptance (2021, background): “For example, the effect of expectations of the social network on decision-making has been referred to as normative beliefs [13], subjective norm [19, 20], injunctive norm [21], social influence [22], social endorsement [23], social norm [24], and passive and active peer effect [25–29].”
Improving Eco-labelling as an Environmental Policy Instrument: Knowledge, Trust and Organic Consumption (2014, background): “Though a number of studies have measured consumers’ knowledge of eco-label standards and trust in eco-labelling schemes, only a few analyse the impact of these factors on the purchase of green products (Ek & Sönderholm, 2008; McEachern & Warnaby, 2008.”
Energy saving in Swedish households. The (relative) importance of environmental attitudes (2011, background): “We thus have reason to expect peoples’ propensity to save energy to be positively related to their beliefs about other peoples’ behaviour, opinions and/or expectations (Ek and Söderholm, 2008, 2010: 1580).”
Does education increase pro-environmental behavior? Evidence from Europe (2015, background): “Ek and Soderholm (2008) find little evidence that education levels explain the choice of green electricity.”