Journal
RESOURCE AND ENERGY ECONOMICS
Volume 28, Issue 4, Pages 351-366Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2006.03.001
Keywords
green demand; environmental tax; social interaction; responsibility
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Green consumers appear to accept individual responsibility for the provision of public goods. The propensity to take such responsibility may depend on beliefs about others' behavior, even for consumers motivated by internalized moral norms, not by social sanctions. This effect can produce multiple equilibria with either high or low demand for green products. Permanent increases in green consumption may be achieved by imposing temporary taxes or subsidies, or through advertising that influences beliefs about others' behavior or about external effects. If a tax is interpreted as taking responsibility away from the individual, however, taxes can reduce the influence of moral motivation. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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