Flight Shame: An Economic, Game-Theoretic Interpretation of Social Values and Aviation Patterns

Abstract: In this paper, we have given the very recent phenomenon of flight shame an economic interpretation and demonstrated how transforming social values can be an important part of the transition towards a sustainable transportation sector. By developing and simplifying an already existing model, we were able to capture some essential real-world features to reflect the multifaceted notion of human decision-making. We demonstrated how changes in social values and the associated flight shame can affect individual's choices of transportation away from aviation and towards more sustainable modes of travel, and we suggested that societies must engineer social values to preserve the environmental common good.