DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2015.1033675
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84928138777
论文题名: Helping eco-labels to fulfil their promises
作者: Grolleau G ; , Ibanez L ; , Mzoughi N ; , Teisl M
刊名: Climate Policy
ISSN: 1469-3062
EISSN: 1752-7457
出版年: 2016
卷: 16, 期: 6 起始页码: 792
结束页码: 802
语种: 英语
英文关键词: behavioural economics
; eco-labels
; information
Scopus关键词: consumption behavior
; decision making
; ecolabeling
; environmental economics
; policy analysis
; policy implementation
; policy making
Scopus学科分类: nvironmental Science: General Environmental Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Atmospheric Science
英文摘要: The economic literature has devoted relatively strong attention to eco-labelling schemes. Nevertheless, while succeeding in some markets, they often fall short of their promises. We analyse the gap between the academic design of eco-labelling schemes and their real implementation. We contend that providing information is not enough. We then use recent advances in behavioural economics to inform policy makers on the potential of behavioural interventions in order to design better eco-labelling schemes. Policy relevance Many public policies, including eco-labelling schemes, are still based on an inaccurate description of human decision making, mainly borrowed from standard economics. However, numerous psychological and behavioural studies show that people regularly behave in ways that contradict some standard assumptions of economic analysis. Departing from the conventional view that information-based policies such as eco-labelling schemes will quasi-automatically help mitigate issues such as climate change by guiding consumers' and firms decisions, we argue that information provision is necessary but not sufficient. Admitting that consumers' decisions are guided by factors other than price and information, and, taking systematically into account behavioural biases can offer to policy makers low-cost levers with first-order effects in order to increase the environmental performance of eco-labels, or at least decrease the likelihood of counterproductive effects. © 2015 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/80351
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作者单位: SupAgro, UMR 1135 LAMETA 2 place Pierre Viala, 34060 Montpellier, Cedex 01, France; Burgundy School of Business, 29 rue Sambin, BP 50608, Dijon, Cedex, France; INRA, UMR 1135 LAMETA 2 place Pierre Viala, 34060 Montpellier, Cedex 01, France; INRA, UR 767 Ecodéveloppement, 228 route de l'Aérodrome, CS 40509 Domaine Saint-Paul, Site Agroparc 84914 Avignon, Cedex 9, France; School of Economics, 5782 Winslow Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States
Recommended Citation:
Grolleau G,, Ibanez L,, Mzoughi N,et al. Helping eco-labels to fulfil their promises[J]. Climate Policy,2016-01-01,16(6)