We are proud to announce that we have been awarded two new research grants on the project “Electricity Reliability and Small Business Performance: Evidence from Pakistan “…
Jacopo Bonan
I just came back from Karachi, where we will investigate in the next year how to improve payment rates for electricity thanks to behavioral interventions…
Certain firms could dramatically increase their profits… by just switching to energy efficient lighting systems. Really?
From 2011 to 2013, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District in California automatically enrolled 174,000 households in a variable-pricing plan…
Financial incentives for forest owners in Uganda to keep their forest intact brought the rate of tree loss cut roughly by half, with benefits calculated as 2.4 times as large as the programme costs…
In this experiment in Mali, we find that women purchase and use cookstoves more when they receive information on a peer who purchased (or previously owned) the product, particularly if she is viewed as respected…
An experimental, iterative, data-driven approach to policymaking is gaining ground in many places, not just in dedicated units, but throughout government.
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On-grid solutions are still very costly and inefficient, while off-grid options are not able to guarantee a sufficient level of service to really make an impact…
Read more →Need higher tax compliance rates? The value added of behavioural insights in Policy Making is that measures are often very cheap and simple to implement…
Giovanna and Jacopo study the business sustainability of supplying off-grid areas in Pakistan with a Pay as You Go solar systems…
Massimo will participate next Monday in a workshop focused on Cobham core topics…
E conomists or, more in general social scientists, have two main priorities in carrying out their research.
Read more →How many times we tend to buy products that our peers own, being it a smartphone, an app or a car? People’s decisions often are influenced by the decisions made by their friends and neighbours. This has been found in a …
Access to electricity has risen dramatically – together with household incomes, urbanization, and the adoption of modern appliances – in many developing countries, yet the provision of reliable and uninterrupted electricity remains a challenge for policy makers and energy providers. …
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