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Energy and Behaviour Location: B005 Session Chair: Delia Niehues, RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research | |
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The Real Effects of Disclosing Polarizing Information: Field-Experimental Evidence from a Carbon Offsetting Program 1: UC San Diego; 2: AXA; 3: ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research; 4: Augsburg University; 5: University of Alabama We develop and test a conceptual framework on the real effects of disclosing polarizing information using data from a natural field experiment with a courier service provider offering business-to-business and business-to-consumer shipments. In the experiment, senders could pay an additional fee to offset the CO2 emissions from each delivery, with treatments varying whether this decision was disclosed to the recipient. Under mandatory disclosure, offsetting behavior depends on both the senders’ preferences and their perceptions of the receiver’s preferences. In our experiment, this leads to lower offsetting levels, particularly among senders who already demonstrated pro-environmental preferences (senders whose websites feature ESG-related content). We also find fewer repeat deliveries among sender-receiver pairs in the mandatory disclosure condition. From a policy perspective, these findings reveal an unintended consequence of disclosing polarizing information- such transparency may backfire, resulting in fewer carbon-neutral shipments. | |