Is Ecolabelling a Reliable Environmental Policy Measure?

Environmental and Resource Economics - Tập 18 Số 1 - Trang 113-127 - 2001
Dosi, Cesare1, Moretto, Michele1
1Department of Economics, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

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The rationale of ecolabelling is to enable firms to reap the willingness-to-payfor the environmental attributes of goods by helping consumers toidentify ``green'' products. By so doing, ecolabelling is expected tostimulate spontaneous environmental innovation and to reduce aggregatedpollution. Our analysis however outlines situations under whichecolabelling could induce perverse effects, namely increased investment inconventional technologies before the labels are awarded, and examineswhether restricting the issue of labels could constitute an antidote.

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Environmental and Resource Economics

Tập 18 Số 1

113-127

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