Greer Gosnell

This research uses a novel experiment to elicit the willingness to accept of 2,430 nationally representative UK households for smart meter installation. Randomized information treatments allow for assessment of the impact on adoption and willingness to accept of oft-cited market failures, namely imperfect information asymmetries and diffusion externalities Read more

Increasing the uptake of behaviours that are not yet niche is crucial to the sustainable energy transition. The authors of this paper test a novel approach to foster the uptake of renewable energy tariffs among a large sample of households in England and Wales. Read more

The authors of this paper analyse flexibility in residential energy demand through a series of experiments on the adoption and usage of WiFi-enabled smart plugs in the home. Read more

This paper describes an experiment on a nationally representative sample of UK households that aimed to quantify resistance to smart meter adoption and test for the existence of commonly cited market failures that inhibit the adoption of energy-saving technologies. The authors measured if households would adopt a smart meter without financial compensation and, for those households unwilling to do so, the subsidy level that would be necessary to persuade them. Read more

Increasing evidence indicates the importance of management in determining firms’ productivity. Yet causal evidence regarding the effectiveness of management practices... Read more

Climate change and global poverty are the most pressing issues of this century. If insufficiently addressed, climate change will exacerbate... Read more

This paper draws on the findings of a field experiment with Virgin Atlantic Airways which showed that changes to the behaviour of pilots brought about through monitoring, target setting and small incentives helped bring about fuel savings and, as a result, large cuts in carbon dioxide emissions. Read more

Abstract In a large-scale natural field experiment comprising 38,654 customers of a renewable energy supplier in the United Kingdom, we... Read more

The 2014 IPCC Assessment expresses doubt that the global surface temperature increase will remain within the 2 °C target without... Read more

Following a study of customers of a renewable energy provider in the UK, this paper explores the potential for environmental information and dissonance-inducing messaging to encourage resourceful behaviour, finding that such information and imagery are ineffective in inducing behaviour change. Read more

Abstract The recent global climate change agreement in Paris leaves a wide gap between pledged and requisite emissions reductions in keeping... Read more

The recent global climate change agreement in Paris leaves a wide gap between pledged and requisite emissions reductions in keeping... Read more

Robert Metcalfe, Greer Gosnell and John List, Harvard Business Review, 1 August 2016 Read more

Abstract Understanding motivations in the workplace remains of utmost import as economies around the world rely on increases in labor... Read more

How realistic are the predicted savings to household energy bills from installing a smart meter? And how robust is the evidence behind the figures? Greer Gosnell and Daire McCoy investigate, in the second of two posts on smart meters. Read more

With recent reports criticising the UK Government’s rollout of its smart meter implementation programme, Greer Gosnell and Daire McCoy review the costs and benefits and call for a revamp, particularly of consumer engagement. Read more

Researchers find that it's surprisingly easy to motivate pilots to meet fuel-saving targets. Read more

LSE, Research Highlights Read more

The Washington Post, 22 June 2016 Read more

FT, 17 June 2016 Read more