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Determinants of sustainable consumption in France: the importance of social influence and environmental values

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hal.structure.identifierGroupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée [GREThA]
dc.contributor.authorOLTRA, Vanessa
IDREF: 178871079
dc.contributor.authorLAZARIC, Nathalie
dc.contributor.authorLE GUEL, Fabrice
hal.structure.identifierGroupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée [GREThA]
dc.contributor.authorBELIN, Jean
IDREF: 070180547
hal.structure.identifierGroupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée [GREThA]
dc.contributor.authorLAVAUD, Sebastien
dc.contributor.authorDOUAI, Ali
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-17T11:11:49Z
dc.date.available2020-02-17T11:11:49Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn0936-9937
dc.identifier.urihttps://oskar-bordeaux.fr/handle/20.500.12278/326
dc.description.abstractEnOur article provides empirical findings for France related to sustainable consumption and what triggers sustainable behavior. We investigate various potential key explanatory variables including social influence and environmental values, among others. Our main contribution is to survey and to analyze a set of consumption practices (rather than the examination of single practices as in most of the literature) for a large sample of more than 3000 households. The survey was conducted in France in 2012. We use cluster analysis to identify and describe the different consumer behavior profiles. This methodology identifies three clusters of consumers characterized by diverse concerns related to the environmental impact of their consumption. Based on these clusters, ordered Logit models are fitted on three levels of sustainable consumption behaviors. Our results emphasize the importance of age, gender, education, environmental concern and peer effects for spurring sustainable consumption. We discuss the role of peer pressure as a major determinant. Learning about sustainable behavior from peers seems to complement changing environmental values and stimulate pro-environmental behavior. Our findings show that local externalities clearly outweigh the global consequences related to the promotion of sustainable consumption behaviors that is, the ability to learn in small networks is critical for the promotion of trust and the exchange of ideas and practices.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer Verlag (Germany)
dc.subject.enSustainable consumption
dc.subject.enPeers effect
dc.subject.enSocial influences
dc.subject.enGreen neighborhood
dc.subject.enConformity bias
dc.subject.enEnvironmental values
dc.title.enDeterminants of sustainable consumption in France: the importance of social influence and environmental values
dc.typeArticle de revue
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00191-019-00654-7
dc.subject.halÉconomie et finance quantitative [q-fin]
dc.subject.jelQ58
dc.subject.jelD23
dc.subject.jelD11
dc.subject.jelD91
dc.subject.jelR21
bordeaux.journalJournal of Evolutionary Economics
bordeaux.institutionUniversité de Bordeaux
bordeaux.peerReviewedoui
hal.identifierhal-02273563
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hal.origin.linkhttps://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//hal-02273563v1
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