Daniel Osberghaus
Biographic Data
| ID | 5987041 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel Osberghaus |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel |
| FAMILY NAME | Osberghaus |
| SIGNATURE | OSBERGHAUS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre for European Economic Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1403-475X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The intention-behavior gap in climate change adaptation
Green SÖP Extended
The proliferation of instruments targeted at combatting climate change necessitates evidence-based evaluation to identify strategies that are not only effective and cost-efficient, but also supported by the population. In Germany, the data needed to support such analysis is scarce, however. A rare exception is Green SÖP, a panel data set that was established within the project Eval-MAP funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF…
Explaining Changes in Threat Appraisal, Coping Appraisal, and Flood Risk-Reducing Behavior Using Panel Data From a Nation-Wide Survey in Germany
Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) has become a widely-used theoretical framework to explain the risk-reducing behavior of individuals toward flooding and other natural hazards. Despite a quickly growing body of literature applying PMT in the context of flooding, insights into changes in PMT components and risk-reducing behavior are largely lacking due to a predominant use of cross-sectional research designs. In this study, we examine how various…
The stability of personal traits and preferences in times of the Corona pandemic
Based on panel data on around 5500 German households, this article analyzes whether the experience of financial losses due to the Corona pandemic has affected three kinds of personal traits and preferences: the willingness to take risks, patience, and the locus of control (LOC). Our empirical results indicate that patience and the LOC remain unchanged by the experience of pandemic‐related financial losses, whereas we find a negative effect of sev…
Natural disasters and climate change beliefs
Public support of climate policies crucially depends on climate change beliefs. Here we analyze the effects of natural disaster experience on the belief in the existence of climate change. The primary data source is a panel survey covering 22,251 observations from 11,194 geo-located households collected in Germany between 2012 and 2015, combined with satellite imagery of a major flood event in 2013. We find that flood experience had a significant…
Heat vulnerability and adaptation of low-income households in Germany
How do different compensation schemes and loss experience affect insurance decisions? Experimental evidence from two independent and heterogeneous samples
Natural Disasters and Governmental Aid
Natural Disasters and Governmental Aid
In the aftermath of natural disasters, governments frequently provide financial aid for affected households. This policy can have adverse effects if individuals anticipate it and forgo private precaution measures. While theoretical literature unequivocally suggests this so called “charity hazard”, empirical studies yield ambiguous results. Drawing on rich survey data from German homeowners, we analyze charity hazard for different flood precaution…
The effect of flood experience on household mitigation—Evidence from longitudinal and insurance data
Prospect theory, mitigation and adaptation to climate change
Prospect theory (PT) is a widely accepted theory for decisions under uncertainty. However, so far a systematic application to climate policy (CP) does not exist. One important postulation of PT is that outcomes are perceived as gains or losses, relative to the reference point. When it comes to CP, different decision-makers may have different reference points. For example, one decision-maker perceives the current climate as the reference point whe…
The determinants of private flood mitigation measures in Germany — Evidence from a nationwide survey
The effect of flood experience on household mitigation—Evidence from longitudinal and insurance data
Natural disasters and climate change beliefs
Public support of climate policies crucially depends on climate change beliefs. Here we analyze the effects of natural disaster experience on the belief in the existence of climate change. The primary data source is a panel survey covering 22,251 observations from 11,194 geo-located households collected in Germany between 2012 and 2015, combined with satellite imagery of a major flood event in 2013. We find that flood experience had a significant…
Heat vulnerability and adaptation of low-income households in Germany
The intention-behavior gap in climate change adaptation
The determinants of private flood mitigation measures in Germany — Evidence from a nationwide survey
Prospect theory, mitigation and adaptation to climate change
Prospect theory (PT) is a widely accepted theory for decisions under uncertainty. However, so far a systematic application to climate policy (CP) does not exist. One important postulation of PT is that outcomes are perceived as gains or losses, relative to the reference point. When it comes to CP, different decision-makers may have different reference points. For example, one decision-maker perceives the current climate as the reference point whe…
Natural Disasters and Governmental Aid
In the aftermath of natural disasters, governments frequently provide financial aid for affected households. This policy can have adverse effects if individuals anticipate it and forgo private precaution measures. While theoretical literature unequivocally suggests this so called “charity hazard”, empirical studies yield ambiguous results. Drawing on rich survey data from German homeowners, we analyze charity hazard for different flood precaution…
The effect of flood experience on household mitigation—Evidence from longitudinal and insurance data
Natural Disasters and Governmental Aid
Heat vulnerability and adaptation of low-income households in Germany
How do different compensation schemes and loss experience affect insurance decisions? Experimental evidence from two independent and heterogeneous samples
Natural disasters and climate change beliefs
Public support of climate policies crucially depends on climate change beliefs. Here we analyze the effects of natural disaster experience on the belief in the existence of climate change. The primary data source is a panel survey covering 22,251 observations from 11,194 geo-located households collected in Germany between 2012 and 2015, combined with satellite imagery of a major flood event in 2013. We find that flood experience had a significant…
Green SÖP Extended
The proliferation of instruments targeted at combatting climate change necessitates evidence-based evaluation to identify strategies that are not only effective and cost-efficient, but also supported by the population. In Germany, the data needed to support such analysis is scarce, however. A rare exception is Green SÖP, a panel data set that was established within the project Eval-MAP funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF…
Explaining Changes in Threat Appraisal, Coping Appraisal, and Flood Risk-Reducing Behavior Using Panel Data From a Nation-Wide Survey in Germany
Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) has become a widely-used theoretical framework to explain the risk-reducing behavior of individuals toward flooding and other natural hazards. Despite a quickly growing body of literature applying PMT in the context of flooding, insights into changes in PMT components and risk-reducing behavior are largely lacking due to a predominant use of cross-sectional research designs. In this study, we examine how various…
The stability of personal traits and preferences in times of the Corona pandemic
Based on panel data on around 5500 German households, this article analyzes whether the experience of financial losses due to the Corona pandemic has affected three kinds of personal traits and preferences: the willingness to take risks, patience, and the locus of control (LOC). Our empirical results indicate that patience and the LOC remain unchanged by the experience of pandemic‐related financial losses, whereas we find a negative effect of sev…
The intention-behavior gap in climate change adaptation
Economics (9 works) · Geography (9 works) · Business (7 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (6 works) · Flood Risk Assessment and Management (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (5 works) · Climate change (5 works) · Flood myth (5 works) · Environmental resource management (4 works)