Environmental policy when pollutive consumption is sensitive to advertising: Norms versus status

Ecological Economics

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 39-50

  Gsottbauer, Elisabeth ^a   van den Bergh, Jeroen C J M ^b,c,d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^d VU University   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endogenous preferences; Environmental externalities; Information externalities; Marketing; Norms; Pollution; Status seeking

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MARKETING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION TAX; STATE ROLE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 84906482832     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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