Goal Setting and Energy Conservation

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Rank And Response: A Field Experiment On Peer Information And Water Use Behavior (2017, background): “For example, both Beenen et al. (2004) and Harding and Hsiaw (2014) suggest that individuals may do worse if they feel that their target goals are unachievable.”
The dynamics of behavior change: Evidence from energy conservation (2016, background): “Energy conservation can be achieved not only with technological changes in buildings nd appliances, but also with behavioral changes in consumption (Asensio and Delmas, 2015; Allcott and Mullainathan, 010; Gillingham and Palmer, 2014; Harding and Hsiaw, 2014).”
Social Norms and Energy Conservation Beyond the US (2020, unknown): “Communication of a 10% electricity saving goal within one year x + (Harding and Hsiaw 2014)”
Internal and external barriers to energy efficiency: which role for policy interventions? (2019, methodology): “Harding and Hsiaw (2014) test the effect of commitment programs on energy use.”
Using Goals to Motivate College Students: Theory and Evidence From Field Experiments (2020, unknown): “3A small and recent literature in economics suggests that goal setting can influence behavior in other settings (Goerg & Kube, 2012; Harding & Hsiaw, 2014; Corgnet, Gómez-Miñambres, & Hernán-Gonzalez, 2015, 2016; Choi et al., 2016); see online appendix V.3 and the survey by Goerg (2015) for more…”