We analyze the effectiveness of environmental policy when consumers are subject to social
influence. To this end, we build a model of consumption decisions driven by socially …

We examine the impact of a “green network effect” in a market characterized by consumers'
environmental awareness and competition between firms in terms of both environmental …

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 …

Climate policy is urgently needed to reduce emissions, but must also be evaluated in regard
to its impact on human quality of life. To identify policy approaches that are able to achieve …

In this paper we summarise some of our recent work on consumer behaviour, drawing on
recent developments in behavioural economics, particularly linked to sociology as much as …

The current article aims at studying the effects of taxation on environmental quality, in an
economy where its agents are responsible. Individual responsibility towards nature is …

This paper constructs a model with four groups of households who have preferences over
labor supply, consumption of polluting (energy related) and non-polluting (non-energy) …

In this paper we compare two policy instruments that can be adopted to curb carbon
emissions. The first is a conventional pollution tax, the second is an environmental …

This paper explores the interactions between carbon dioxide emissions taxes and a pre-
existing income tax in a numerically calibrated model of climate change and the world …

We present a model of consumer behaviour when consumers value conformity and examine
the implications for environmental policy. The model shares a feature set out in Dasgupta et …