Browsing Journal articles by Author "Kallbekken, Steffen"
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Can conditional commitments break the climate change negotiations deadlock?
Underdal, Arild; Hovi, Jon; Kallbekken, Steffen; Skodvin, Tora (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)Can a conditional commitment by a major actor (for example, the European Union) induce other major actors (such as the USA, China, India, or Japan) to do more to mitigate global climate change? We analyse this question by ... -
Can policy packaging help overcome Pigouvian tax aversion? A lab experiment on combining taxes and subsidies
Andreassen, Gøril Louise; Kallbekken, Steffen; Rosendahl, Knut Einar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Tax aversion makes it politically challenging to introduce Pigouvian taxes. One proposed solution to overcome this resistance is to package policies. Using an online lab experiment, we investigate whether combining a tax ... -
Can policy packaging help overcome Pigouvian tax aversion? A labexperiment on combining taxes and subsidies
Andreassen, Gøril Louise; Kallbekken, Steffen; Rosendahl, Knut Einar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Tax aversion makes it politically challenging to introduce Pigouvian taxes. One proposed solution to overcome this resistance is to package policies. Using an online lab experiment, we investigate whether combining a tax ... -
Can shared autonomous vehicles become a sustainable mode of mobility in the future? Insights from a practice-based study of urban dwellers in Norway
Julsrud, Tom Erik; Kallbekken, Steffen; Aasen, Marianne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Shared autonomous vehicles (SAVs) represent a rapidly growing technological field with features believed to potentially support the development of more sustainable mobility systems in city regions. To succeed as a sustainable ... -
Consumer purchases of energy-efficient cars: How different labelling schemes could affect consumer response to price changes
Galarraga, Ibon; Kallbekken, Steffen; Silvestri, Alessandro (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Improved energy efficiency can help reduce pollution, contribute to energy security, and help consumers save money. This paper explores energy labelling schemes as a policy instrument for promoting energy-efficient cars ... -
Does solar geoengineering crowd-out climate change mitigation efforts? Evidence from a stated preference referendum on a carbon tax
Cherry, Todd; Kallbekken, Steffen; Kroll, Stephan; McEvoy, Dave (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Solar geoengineering is increasingly being considered a realistic approach to managing climate change. One crucial concern is whether geoengineering crowds out efforts to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Adding to a ... -
Forskjeller i matpriser i Norge og Sverige. Hvilken betydning har reguleringer og avgifter?
Flaten, Ola; Kallbekken, Steffen; Vengnes, Mari (Notat (Norsk institutt for landbruksøkonomisk forskning : trykt utg.), Research report, 2001) -
A “greenhouse gas balance” for aviation in line with the Paris Agreement
Fuglestvedt, Jan S.; Lund, Marianne Tronstad; Kallbekken, Steffen; Samset, Bjørn Hallvard; Lee, David S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The effects of aviation on climate pose unique policy challenges. A large fraction of the CO2 emissions (65%) is international and not (explicitly) included in the Paris Agreement. The interpretation of Article 4.1 on ... -
Learning to accept welfare‑enhancing policies: an experimental investigation of congestion pricing
Janusch, Nicholas; Kroll, Stephan; Goemans, Christopher; Cherry, Todd; Kallbekken, Steffen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Welfare-enhancing policies such as congestion pricing are argued to improve efficiency in situations with externalities. Unfamiliarity and lack of any personal experience with such policies, however, can hinder their ... -
Model Validity and Transferability Informing Behavioral Energy Policies
Kontogianni, Areti; Damigos, Dimitris; Skourtos, Michail; Tourkolias, Christos; Denny, Eleanor; Galarraga, Ibon; Kallbekken, Steffen; Lakic, Edin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)A number of microeconomic choice models are currently applied to demonstrate systematic biases in energy consumer behavior. The models highlight the hidden potential of energy savings from policies that target the so-called ... -
The Paris Agreement has the potential to facilitate ambitious climate action: a reply to ‘Why do climate change negotiations stall? Scientific evidence and solutions for some structural problems’ by Ulrich J. Frey and Jazmin Burgess
Kallbekken, Steffen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Frey and Burgess (2022) argue that climate change negotiations have stalled because of the global public goods nature of the problem, the consensus decision-making process and the lack of institutions to enforce sanctions. ... -
Predicting Paris: Multi-Method Approaches to Forecast the Outcomes of Global Climate Negotiations
Sprinz, Detlef F.; de Mesquita, Bruce Bueno; Kallbekken, Steffen; Stokman, Frans; Sælen, Håkon; Thomson, Robert (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)We examine the negotiations held under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention of Climate Change in Paris, December 2015. Prior to these negotiations, there was considerable uncertainty about whether an ... -
Public support for air travel restrictions to address COVID-19 or climate change
Kallbekken, Steffen; Sælen, Håkon (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)An improved understanding of public support is essential to design effective and feasible climate policies for aviation. Our motivation is the contrast between high support for air travel restrictions responding to the ... -
The role of community sharing in sustainability transformation: case studies from Norway
Westskog, Hege; Julsrud, Tom Erik; Kallbekken, Steffen; Frenken, Koen; Schor, Juliet; Standal, Karina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Based on three case studies of community sharing in different sectors of society, we address how and under what conditions community sharing can contribute to sustainability transformation. Considering modes of exchange ... -
The acceptability of efficiency-enhancing environmental taxes, subsidies and regulation: An experimental investigation
Cherry, Todd; Kallbekken, Steffen; Kroll, Stephan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)Public opposition to efficiency-enhancing policies is a significant barrier to addressing many environmental challenges. We use a market experiment to explore the acceptability of three types of instruments: Pigouvian taxes ... -
The development and deployment of low-carbon energy technologies: The role of economic interests and cultural worldviews on public support
Cherry, Todd; Garcia, Jorge H; Kallbekken, Steffen; Torvanger, Asbjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Large-scale deployment of low-carbon energy technologies is crucial to mitigating climate change, and public support is an important barrier to policies and projects that facilitate deployment. This paper provides insights ...