Consumer support for environmental policies: An application to purchases of green cars

Coad, Alex; Haan, Peter; Woersdorfer, Julia Sophie

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.01.015

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“…According to Coad et al (2009), the transition towards cleaner technologies depends both on intrinsic and on extrinsic motivations behind consumer behaviour. Intrinsic motivations concern a personal sense of responsibility, while extrinsic motivations mostly regard financial incentives, but can also include positive social feedback.…”

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Price or performance? A probabilistic choice analysis of the intention to buy electric vehicles in European countries

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Price or performance? A probabilistic choice analysis of the intention to buy electric vehicles in European countries AbstractTraditional choice models perform poorly in understanding the determinants of the adoption of new products. First, data on pioneers and early adopters are biased towards specific performance characteristics of the product and the socio-demographic characteristics of the consumers. Second, surveys on the intention to buy underperform in detecting movements of those who do not intend to buy, who are the majority in the case of new products. Probabilistic choice models try to overcome this issue. By using survey data on electric vehicles, we theoretically contribute to this stream of literature and empirically estimate the impact of specific performance improvements and price reduction on the probability of consumers switching from non-intention to buy to intention to buy. Results show that price reduction is the most important triggering factor for the diffusion of electric vehicles, as it determines more than other factors the transition of consumers from the nonintention to the intention to buy an electric vehicle. The improvement in the driving range constitutes the second most important factor for low initial values of the stated intention to buy, while the possibility of recharging at home matters significantly more for consumers with high initial values of the stated intention to buy.

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Price or performance? A probabilistic choice analysis of the intention to buy electric vehicles in European countries

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“…However, this can be detrimental in terms of global pollution if the increase in pollution abroad overcompensates the reduction of pollution at home. 17 More recently, Coad et al (2009) consider the processes of adoption of pro-environmental innovations by individual consumers. They point out that as environmental protection is a public good, not all agents can be willing to preserve environment.…”

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“…In particular, we consider first (i) countries (or regions) with low-income dispersion and then (ii) countries with high-income dispersion. 13 From a theoretical viewpoint, this choice allows us to specify the properties of the equilibria for the whole range of parameter values. Furthermore, the analysis contributes to the open debate on the relation between income dispersion and pollution.…”

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Hedonic Quality, Social Norms, and Environmental Campaigns

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We analyse how market competition in a vertically differentiated polluting industry is affected by product variants that comply at different levels with "green" social norms. A green consumption behavior is considered as a byword of good citizenship. Consumer preferences depend on a combination of hedonic quality and compliance with social norms. Assuming that the high hedonic quality variant complies less with these norms than the low hedonic quality variant, we characterize different equilibrium configurations which appear as a result of both the intensity of such norms and the country-specific income dispersion. Then, we focus on the role that institutions may have in using these norms to reduce pollution emissions.JEL Codes: D62, L13, H13

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“…Conrad (2005) considers the trade-o¤ between the utility derived from the preferred characteristics of a product and the moral behavior of "buying green". 8 He considers a horizontal di¤erentiation setting to analyze a two stage game where …rms de…ne the environmental characteristic of goods in the …rst stage, thereby competing in price in the second stage. We share the view that environmental concerns may modify the traditional consumers' preferences and, accordingly, it should be directly incorporated into the utility function.…”

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On the Effect of Social Norms to Reduce Pollution

2014

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We analyse how market competition in a vertically di¤erentiated polluting industry is a¤ected by product variants that comply at di¤erent levels with "green" social norms. A green consumption behaviour is considered as a byword of good citizenship. Consumer preferences depend on a combination of hedonic quality and compliance with the norms. Assuming that the high hedonic quality variant complies less with the norms than the low hedonic quality one, we characterize the di¤erent equilibrium con…gurations, depending on the perceived intensity of such norms. Then, we focus on the role that institutions may have in using these norms to reduce pollution emissions.

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Consumer support for environmental policies: An application to purchases of green cars

Cited by 149 publications

References 23 publications

Price or performance? A probabilistic choice analysis of the intention to buy electric vehicles in European countries

Price or performance? A probabilistic choice analysis of the intention to buy electric vehicles in European countries

Hedonic Quality, Social Norms, and Environmental Campaigns

On the Effect of Social Norms to Reduce Pollution

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