Testing for Spillovers in Resource Conservation: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment
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| author | Goette, Lorenz Lim, Zhi Hao |
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| contents | This paper studies whether behavioral interventions designed to promote resource conservation in one domain generate spillovers in another. Using a natural field experiment involving over 2,000 residents, we identify the direct and spillover effects of real-time feedback and social comparisons on water and energy consumption. We implement three interventions: two targeting shower use and one targeting air-conditioning use. We find significant reductions in shower use from both water-saving interventions, but no direct effect of the energy-saving intervention on air-conditioning use. For spillovers, we estimate precise null effects of water-saving interventions on air-conditioning use, and of the energy-saving intervention on shower use. |
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| spellingShingle | Testing for Spillovers in Resource Conservation: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment Goette, Lorenz Lim, Zhi Hao General Economics Economics This paper studies whether behavioral interventions designed to promote resource conservation in one domain generate spillovers in another. Using a natural field experiment involving over 2,000 residents, we identify the direct and spillover effects of real-time feedback and social comparisons on water and energy consumption. We implement three interventions: two targeting shower use and one targeting air-conditioning use. We find significant reductions in shower use from both water-saving interventions, but no direct effect of the energy-saving intervention on air-conditioning use. For spillovers, we estimate precise null effects of water-saving interventions on air-conditioning use, and of the energy-saving intervention on shower use. |
| title | Testing for Spillovers in Resource Conservation: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment |
| topic | General Economics Economics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04371 |