Can Affirmative Motivations Improve Compliance in Emissions Trading Programs

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6330873
AutoresLeigh Raymond (0000-0003-4455-7583, Purdue University West Lafayette, autor correspondente), Timothy N Cason (0000-0001-9581-5015, Purdue University West Lafayette, autor correspondente)
Ano2011
Volume39
Fascículo4
Páginas659-678
Data de publicação2011-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPolicy Studies Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0190-292X • E-ISSN: 1541-0072
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1541-0072.2011.00426.x
OpenAlexW1916163892
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas44

Early emissions trading programs have obtained a very high rate of compliance, in part by using continuous emissions monitors (CEMs) that automatically record emissions data on a 24‐hour basis. As they expand into a wider range of pollutants and sources, however, such policies will have to rely on less automated forms of self‐reporting. This article asks if improved “affirmative motivations” for compliance based on perceptions of a policy's fairness could reduce the likelihood of underreporting, thereby lowering verification costs without unduly jeopardizing environmental integrity. Using a computerized laboratory emissions trading market, we find that many subjects reported emissions honestly in situations where dishonest reporting would have been more profitable, as well as a statistically significant association of affirmative motivations based on perceptions of a policy's fairness with honest reporting. These results suggest that designing an emissions trading program to increase its perceived fairness among users has the potential to increase honest emissions reporting and reduce monitoring costs

Business · Compliance (psychology · Economics · Emissions trading · Environmental economics · Greenhouse gas · Perception · Public economics · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Environmental Sustainability in Business · Psychology · Social Psychology