Environmental policy when consumers value conformity
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Keywords
Desire for conformity; Participation-consistent consumption interval; Distribution of types; Existence of equilibrium consumption norms; Policy implications;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D11 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Theory
- D69 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Other
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