Linus Olsson Collentine’s scientific contributions

... Only the free travel card was observed to have a significant effect. A similar outcome was recently achieved by Gravert and Collentine (2020). They conducted a large-scale field experiment with over 32,500 individuals, finding that only the provision of an economic incentive succeeded in increasing bus usage, while a soft measure in the form of a social norm message resulted ineffective. ...

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Does the joint implementation of hard and soft transportation policies lead to travel behavior change? An experimental analysis

... There is now a large experimental literature that examines whether people behave in a more environmentally friendly way when they are informed about the behavior of other people. These studies measure the behavioral adjustments brought about by providing information about other people's energy conservation (Schultz et al. 2007; Allcott 2011; Allcott and Rogers 2014), residential water usage (Ferraro, Miranda and Price 2011), towel reuse (Reese, Loew and Steffgen 2014), recycling or littering behavior (Reiter and Samuel 1980;Cialdini, Reno and Kallgren 1990;Schultz 1999), use of public transport (Gravert and Collentine 2021), or food choice (Sparkman and Walton 2017;Griesoph et al. 2021;Dannenberg, Klatt and Weingärtner 2024). The results show that subjects tend to adapt their behavior to the social norm and behave in a more environmentally friendly way when others do the same. ...

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Policy Nook — Policy Note: The Role of Experimental Economics in Designing and Evaluating Climate Policy

... Although many people say they wish to commute less by car, it is difficult for individuals to follow through on their intentions, especially when trying to change habitual commuting behavior 41,42 . Thus, before meeting with potential partners, we considered the behavioral barriers that may be especially likely to prevent individuals from changing their transportation (driving) behaviors. ...

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Nudging the Commute: Using Behaviorally-Informed Interventions to Promote Sustainable Transportation