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| Title: | | Green consumers and public policy: On socially contingent moral motivation  |
| Authors: | | Nyborg, Karine Howarth, Richard B. Brekke, Kjell Arne |
| Issue Date: | | 2003 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Memorandum, Department of Economics, University of Oslo 2003,31 |
| Abstract: | | “Green” consumers appear to accept individual responsibility for public good provision. 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 can produce multiple equilibria, with either high or low demand for “green” products. Permanent increases in green consumption may be achieved through permanent or temporary taxes, or through advertising that temporarily 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. |
| Subjects: | | Moral motivation multiple Nash equilibria green taxes |
| JEL: | | C72 D11 H41 Q20 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Memorandum, Department of Economics, University of Oslo
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