Can Eco-Labels Tune a Market? Evidence from Dolphin-Safe Labeling

Teisl, Mario F.; Roe, Brian E.; Hicks, Robert L.

doi:10.1006/jeem.2000.1186

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“…Consumers' moral concern for the environment appears to have had powerful impacts on their actual behavior in several cases, such as markets for elephant ivory (Heltberg, 2001), dolphin-safe tuna (Teisl et al, 2002), organic produce (Moon et al, 2002), and socially responsible investments (Cullis et al, 1992).…”

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Green consumers and public policy: On socially contingent moral motivation

Nyborg¹,

Howarth

Brekke³

2006

Resource and Energy Economics

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Green consumers and public policy: On socially contingent moral motivation

Nyborg¹,

Howarth

Brekke³

2006

Resource and Energy Economics

274

116

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“…For example, an increase of 54% in the rate of paper recycling in an office was produced by placing signs identifying appropriate items for recycling and disposal over recycling bins and garbage cans (9), and an 87% increase in amount of polystyrene recycled was obtained in a university cafeteria by increasing the size, clarifying the wording, and improving the placement of instructive signs (10). Similarly, the introduction of labels on commodities produced by methods that limit impact on ecosystems (known as "eco-labeling") has been shown to increase consumer preference for these items, even when they are more expensive than corresponding commodities produced by methods that are less friendly to the environment (11,12).…”

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Identification of Recycled Water with an Empirically Derived Symbol Increases Its Probability of Use

Tsagarakis

Mellon

Stamataki

et al. 2007

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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The experiment described in this paper compared the effects of two systems for labeling recycled water on potential consumers' intention to use this resource; the current identifying symbol used worldwide (purple color for pipes, containers, and tanks) and a new, empirically derived and validated set of symbols that provide specific information on water quality and positive comparative information. In total, 807 face-to-face surveys were carried out. Subjects were asked to rate their intentions for using different qualities of recycled water for commercial agriculture as well as for using products and facilities irrigated with recycled water, either in the presence of the established symbol or the new, empirically derived symbols. Potential consumers' self-reported intentions to use recycled water were reliably higher in the presence of empirically derived symbols with positive comparative information than in the presence of the conventional identification symbol. This program of research provides a model for the application of principles of behavioral psychology to enhance the consumer acceptance of technological advances that preserve natural resources and protect ecosystems.

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“…Possible enhanced outreach methods include health-advertising campaigns (on public transportation, for example), in-store advisory signs, and mandatory product labeling. Mathios (2000) showed that labeling induces important consumption responses, and Teisl et al (2002) showed that point of consumption labeling is particularly effective for canned fish. 29…”

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Mercury advisories: Information, education, and fish consumption

Shimshack

Ward

Beatty

2007

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

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This paper examines responses to a national FDA advisory that urged at-risk individuals to limit store-bought fish consumption due to the dangers of methyl-mercury. We investigate consumer response using both parametric and nonparametric methods. Some targeted consumers significantly reduced canned fish purchases as a result of the advisory, suggesting that information-based policies can achieve the issuing agency's goals. Education and newspaper readership were important determinants of response, suggesting that information acquisition and assimilation are key factors for risk avoidance. While some groups reduced consumption as a result of the advisory, we do not find a response among the relatively large group of at-risk households which met neither the education nor readership criteria. The advisory also had unintended spillover effects; some consumers not considered at-risk reduced consumption in response to the advisory.

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Can Eco-Labels Tune a Market? Evidence from Dolphin-Safe Labeling

Cited by 471 publications

References 20 publications

Green consumers and public policy: On socially contingent moral motivation

Green consumers and public policy: On socially contingent moral motivation

Identification of Recycled Water with an Empirically Derived Symbol Increases Its Probability of Use

Mercury advisories: Information, education, and fish consumption

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