The use of nudges as a local government environmental policy instrument

该项目旨在设计和严格测试一系列行为推动措施，以改善首都地区居民的环境行为，重点是采用低碳技术和使用公共交通。该提案与ACT政府合作，利用最近对认知偏差的研究，开发新的干预措施，并通过随机对照试验评估其效果。预期成果包括公民与政府互动的新概念;公共政策和行为经济学方面的先进知识;新的统计方案编制工具;优化政策和做法的新方法;以及对地方政府和个人的积极环境和经济影响。

This project aims to design and rigorously test a range of behavioural nudges to improve the environmental behaviour of residents in the ACT, with a focus on adoption of low carbon technologies and the use of public transport. In partnership with the ACT Government, the proposal leverages recent research on cognitive biases to develop novel interventions and evaluate their effects via randomised controlled trials. Expected outcomes include new concepts for citizen-government interactions; advanced knowledge in public policy and behavioural economics; a new statistical programming tool; new methods to optimise policy and practice; and positive environmental and economic impacts for local governments and individuals.