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dc.contributor.authorGlazer, Amihaien
dc.contributor.authorKanniainen, Vesaen
dc.contributor.authorPoutvaara, Panuen
dc.date.accessioned2008-06-23-
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-28T08:31:02Z-
dc.date.available2009-07-28T08:31:02Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/26368-
dc.description.abstractThis paper develops a theory of consumer boycotts. Some consumers care not only about the products they buy but also about whether the firm behaves ethically. Other consumers do not care about the behavior of the firm but yet may like to give the impression of being ethical consumers. Consequently, to affect a firm's ethical behavior, moral consumers refuse to buy from an unethical firm. Consumers who do not care about ethical behavior may join the boycott to (falsely) signal that they do care. In the firms' choice between ethical and unethical behavior, the optimality of mixed and pure strategies depends on the cost of behaving ethically. In particular, when the cost is (relatively) low, ethical behavior arises from a prisoners' dilemma as the firms' optimal strategy.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x2323en
dc.subject.jelM14en
dc.subject.jelD43en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordFirms' ethical codeen
dc.subject.keywordconsumer moralityen
dc.subject.keywordboycottsen
dc.subject.stwUnternehmensethiken
dc.subject.stwVerbraucherboykotten
dc.subject.stwSignallingen
dc.subject.stwStrategische Unternehmensplanungen
dc.subject.stwGefangenendilemmaen
dc.titleFirms' ethics, consumer boycotts, and signalling-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn570127793en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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