Filling the Energy Efficiency Gap with Loss Aversion? A Survey Experiment

• In Event: Sources of Individual Environmental Policy Preferences I

Brief Overview

We use a survey experiment to explore how loss-framed information about energy efficiency programs impact households' program take-up willingness compared to gain-framed information, and the moderating effects of income level and loss-aversion.

Authors

• Catherine Chen, The Ohio State University

• Stephanie Moulton, The Ohio State University

• Hongtao Yi, Ohio State University-Main Campus