TY  - EJOUR
AB  - The frequent use of consumer boycotts by certain environmental protection and civil society protagonists makes one wonder about the true potential effectiveness of this tool. By cross-checking the elements of behavioural economic analysis and game theory, we propose to differentiate between the main sources of ineffectiveness of such actions and, in particular, the weakness of coordination between participants, the potentially massive presence of free-riders, the characteristics of markets and alternative technologies, and so on. These studies will help towards the identification of areas for reflection on the relative effectiveness of the socially aware consumption. We illustrate the subject with the example of tropical timber logging.
AU  - Delacote, Philippe
DA  - 2011-05
DA  - 2011-05
DO  - ISSN : 1778-4379
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.151301
DO  - Other
DO  - doi
ID  - 151301
JF  - INRA Sciences Sociales
KW  - Environmental Economics and Policy
KW  - Industrial Organization
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/151301/files/iss10-6_eng.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/151301/files/iss10-6_eng.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/151301/files/iss10-6_eng.pdf
LA  - eng
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/151301/files/iss10-6_eng.pdf
N2  - The frequent use of consumer boycotts by certain environmental protection and civil society protagonists makes one wonder about the true potential effectiveness of this tool. By cross-checking the elements of behavioural economic analysis and game theory, we propose to differentiate between the main sources of ineffectiveness of such actions and, in particular, the weakness of coordination between participants, the potentially massive presence of free-riders, the characteristics of markets and alternative technologies, and so on. These studies will help towards the identification of areas for reflection on the relative effectiveness of the socially aware consumption. We illustrate the subject with the example of tropical timber logging.
PY  - 2011-05
PY  - 2011-05
T1  - Reasons for the (in)effectiveness of consumer boycotts: Economic analysis approach
TI  - Reasons for the (in)effectiveness of consumer boycotts: Economic analysis approach
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/151301/files/iss10-6_eng.pdf
VL  - 2010
Y1  - 2011-05
T2  - INRA Sciences Sociales
T2  - ISS
T2  - 6/2010
ER  -