Social Learning about Environmental Innovations : Experimental Analysis of Adoption Timing

Social Learning about Environmental Innovations : Experimental Analysis of Adoption Timing

Laboratory experiments were conducted to investigate how private and public information affect the selection of an innovation and the timing of adoption. The results shed light on the behavioral anomaly called the “energy-efficiency gap” in which c...

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Main Authors: Jamison, Julian C, Owens, David, Woroch, Glenn
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
social learning
endogenous timing
behavioral economics
technology diffusion
environmental innovations
energy efficiency
technology adoption
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/732971485375911214/Social-learning-about-environmental-innovations-experimental-analysis-of-adoption-timing
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25963

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/732971485375911214/Social-learning-about-environmental-innovations-experimental-analysis-of-adoption-timing
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25963

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