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dc.contributor.authorWitt, Ulrichen
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-08-
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-24T15:44:31Z-
dc.date.available2012-04-24T15:44:31Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/57553-
dc.description.abstractStrong growth in disposable income has inflated consumption to unprecedented, but not sustainable levels. In this process consumer behavior has been changing. To explain the driving forces of this development, the paper introduces a theory of evolving consumer preferences that is molded in an evolutionary paradigm. The theory allows to better assess how individual welfare would be directly affected by policy measures designed to make consumption sustainable. Such policy measures are likely to also trigger indirect welfare losses by negative employment effects. The policy debate therefore needs to pay attention to both direct and indirect welfare effects. As a concrete proposal a redesign of consumption taxes is discussed that accounts for both concerns.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aMax Planck Institute of Economics |cJenaen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aPapers on Economics and Evolution |x1116en
dc.subject.jelA13en
dc.subject.jelD01en
dc.subject.jelD03en
dc.subject.jelD11en
dc.subject.jelD62en
dc.subject.jelH23en
dc.subject.jelH24en
dc.subject.jelQ01en
dc.subject.jelQ38en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordconsumptionen
dc.subject.keywordpreferencesen
dc.subject.keywordgrowthen
dc.subject.keywordsustainabilityen
dc.subject.keywordsatiationen
dc.subject.keywordwelfareen
dc.subject.keywordconsumption taxen
dc.subject.stwNachhaltige Entwicklungen
dc.subject.stwKonsumentenverhaltenen
dc.subject.stwPräferenztheorieen
dc.subject.stwEvolutionsökonomiken
dc.subject.stwVerbrauchsteueren
dc.subject.stwWohlfahrtseffekten
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.titleSustainability and the problem of consumption-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn679423702en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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