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L'effet de compensation morale ou comment les « bonnes actions » peuvent aboutir à une situation indésirable

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  • Sophie Clot
  • Gilles Grolleau
  • Lisette Ibanez
  • Peguy Ndodjang

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Recent research argues that a good deed can disinhibit individuals and lead them to achieve undesirable deeds (e.g., choosing a salad which leads to increased snack intake). This so-called licensing effect has been recently documented in several analyzes, but we still lack a stabilized analytical framework. We also mention several contributions in behavioral economics that can explain licensing effects by alternative rationales. We aim at defining and characterizing the licensing effect and emphasize plausible circumstances under which it can lead to unexpected adverse effects. We use examples from several domains such as food consumption or prosocial behaviors. Several policy implications are developed. We identify several research extensions to better understand this licensing effect. We also indicate strategies that can be used to overcome this bias. Classification JEL : Q50, D03, D04

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  • Sophie Clot & Gilles Grolleau & Lisette Ibanez & Peguy Ndodjang, 2014. "L'effet de compensation morale ou comment les « bonnes actions » peuvent aboutir à une situation indésirable," Revue économique, Presses de Sciences-Po, vol. 65(3), pages 557-572.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:recosp:reco_653_0557
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    1. Ndodjang, P. & Grolleau, G. & Ibanez, L., 2013. "Do previous good deeds to a third party make people more tolerant of bad deeds against them? An experimental investigation," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 121(3), pages 364-368.

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    • Q50 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - General
    • D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
    • D04 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Policy: Formulation; Implementation; Evaluation

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