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Expanding the Evidence Base for the Design of Policy Influencing Consumer Choice for Products and Services with Environmental Impacts

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Mudgal, Shailendra et al. 2011: Expanding the Evidence Base for the Design of Policy Influencing Consumer Choice for Products and Services with Environmental Impacts [Policy Brief]. Paris: BIO Intelligence Service /psi/Ecologic Institute.

 

How should policy measures that aim at influencing consumer decisions be designed and evaluated? In this policy brief, the authors summarize their findings with regard to the environmental impacts of consumption, using the concept of behavioural economics.

The policy brief is available for download [pdf, 226 KB, English].

Currently, consumer policies are often designed under the assumption of "rational" economic agents.

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English
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Max Grünig
Shailendra Mudgal
Jonathan Bain
Mary Ann Kong
Kurt Muehmel
Ben Shaw
Kate McGeevor
Robin Vanner
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6 pp.
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consumer policy, sustainable choices, purchasing decisions, behavioural economics, social norms
ProjectExpanding the Evidence Base for Consumer Policies
 
Expanding the Evidence Base for Consumer Policies
The goal of the study “Expanding the evidence base for consumer policies” is to contribute to the understanding of consumer behaviour and to how policies might best be designed to influence choice regarding environmental products and services. The study draws on... Read more

Expanding the Evidence Base for Consumer Policies

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Source URL: https://www.ecologic.eu/11271