Behavioural Economics and the Environment (PDF)

Alessandro Bucciol is Professor of Econometrics at the University of Verona, Italy. His fields of research are household finance, behavioural economics, economic policy analysis and, in general, applied micro-econometrics. Among other topics, his research focusses on unethical behaviour, policy evaluation and pro-environmental decisions.

Alessandro Tavoni is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Bologna, Italy. His research spans several topics in environmental economics, primarily related to overcoming behavioural and political economy barriers to cooperation in the (climate) commons. This is tackled through a combination of game theory models, surveys, laboratory and field experiments in an effort to shed light on potential solutions to environmental dilemmas.

Marcella Veronesi is Professor of Applied Economics at the Technical University of Denmark and Associate Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Verona, Italy. Her fields of research are applied micro-economics, environmental economics, and behavioural economics. Her research focusses on topics related to the economics of health and the environment, climate change adaptation and education, renewable energy technology adoption, food security in developing countries and the non-market valuation of public goods.