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来源类型	Article
规范类型	其他
ISBN	0921-8009
	Consumer support for environmental policies: An application to purchases of green cars.
	Coad, Alex; de Haan, Peter; Woersdorfer, Julia Sophie
发表日期	2009
出处	Ecological Economics
出版者	Elsevier
出版年	2009
页码	2078-2086
语种	英语
摘要	This paper focuses on how consumer motivation can be tapped in order to encourage the adoption of cleaner technologies. Consumers are heterogeneous — they may be guided by intrinsic motivation or extrinsic motivation. While information provision policies (such as the energy label for cars) may be effective in encouraging certain consumers to adopt green cars, financial incentive schemes (such as subsidies or fines) may be more persuasive for extrinsically-motivated consumers. We develop a dynamic theory of adoption of environmental innovations, in which information-provision policies are followed by financial incentives (first ‘carrot’, then ‘stick’ incentives). Analysis of a survey dataset of Swiss households observes considerable heterogeneity in terms of support of information-provision or financial incentive policies, in line with our conjectures. Our results will be of particular interest to policymakers interested in guiding consumers towards cleaner technologies.
URL	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/27756/
来源智库	Science Policy Research Unit (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/467513
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Coad, Alex,de Haan, Peter,Woersdorfer, Julia Sophie. Consumer support for environmental policies: An application to purchases of green cars.. 2009.