Journal Articles

Choice architecture promotes sustainable choices in online food-delivery apps
Greenhouse gas emissions from the food system constitute about one-third of the global total, hence mitigation in this sphere of human …
Paul Lohmann, Elisabeth Gsottbauer, James Farrington, Steve Human, Lucia A. Reisch
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The effect of air pollution on defensive expenditures: Evidence from individual commercial health insurance in China
To mitigate the substantial losses incurred by air pollution, individuals undertake defensive behaviors in the form of health insurance …
Zaikun Hou, Guanglai Zhang, Paul Lohmann, Andreas Kontoleon, Ning Zhang
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Chilling results: how explicit warm glow appeals fail to boost pro-environmental behaviour
We conducted a large-scale online experiment to examine whether climate change messaging can induce emotions and motivate …
Paul Lohmann, Elisabeth Gsottbauer, Sander van der Linden, Andreas Kontoleon
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High levels of air pollution reduce team innovation
Teams play a key role in tackling complex societal challenges, such as developing vaccines or novel clean energy technologies. Yet, the …
Paul Lohmann, Benedict Probst, Elisabeth Gsottbauer, Andreas Kontoleon
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The impact of open access mandates on scientific research and technological development in the U.S.
Getting to a net-zero emissions economy requires faster development and diffusion of novel clean energy technologies. We exploit a rare …
Benedict Probst, Paul Lohmann, Andreas Kontoleon, Laura Díaz Anadón
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Do Flood and Heatwave Experiences Shape Climate Opinion? Causal Evidence from Flooding and Heatwaves in England and Wales
Understanding how personal experience of extreme weather events raises awareness and concern about climate change has important policy …
Paul Lohmann, Andreas Kontoleon
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Anti-social behaviour and economic decision-making: Panel experimental evidence in the wake of COVID-19
We systematically examine the acute impact of exposure to a public health crisis on anti-social behaviour and economic decision-making …
Paul Lohmann, Elisabeth Gsottbauer, Jing You, Andreas Kontoleon
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Air pollution and anti-social behaviour: Evidence from a randomised lab-in-the-field experiment
We conducted a pre-registered randomised lab-in-the-field online experiment in Beijing, China, to explore the relationship between …
Paul Lohmann, Elisabeth Gsottbauer, Jing You, Andreas Kontoleon
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Do carbon footprint labels promote climatarian diets? Evidence from a large-scale field experiment
In this study we conducted a large-scale field experiment to test whether carbon footprint labels can encourage more sustainable food choices in college cafeterias. We find that labels induced customers to switch from high to mid-carbon impact meals.
Paul Lohmann, Elisabeth Gsottbauer, Anya Doherty, Andreas Kontoleon
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Natural Hazards and Well-Being in a Small-Scale Island Society
The literature investigating the relationship between natural hazards and individuals’ subjective well-being has so far focused …
Paul Lohmann, Andreas Pondorfer, Katrin Rehdanz
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Natural Hazards and Well-Being in a Small-Scale Island Society