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Article Dans Une Revue Ecological Economics Année : 2009

Too much of a good thing ? Why altruism can harm the environment

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Success of eco-labeling schemes, broadly defined, varies among products and across countries. Based on a simple theoretical framework, we show that the nature of environmental attributes among products (i.e., private versus public) and the consumer type (i.e., egoist versus altruist) shape the overall performance of such schemes. In addition, we demonstrate that altruistic consumers exhibiting a too high willingness to pay for the eco-labeled product can inadvertently prevent egoistic consumers from purchasing it, leading to a sub-optimal outcome in terms of environmental performance. Several policy and managerial implications are drawn.
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hal-01072320 , version 1 (12-09-2023)

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Gilles Grolleau, Lisette Ibanez, Naoufel Mzoughi. Too much of a good thing ? Why altruism can harm the environment. Ecological Economics, 2009, 68 (7), pp.2145-2149. ⟨10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.02.020⟩. ⟨hal-01072320⟩
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