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Environmental transition through social change and lobbying by citizens

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  • Donatella Gatti

    (CEPN - Centre d'Economie de l'Université Paris Nord - Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord)

  • Julien Vauday

    (CEPN - Centre d'Economie de l'Université Paris Nord - Université Sorbonne Paris Nord)

Abstract

We propose a theoretical model of social change in which lobbying is a strategy available to social groups in order to influence the government on environmental taxes. Building on endogenous lobby formation, we investigate the influence of equilibrium lobby structures on the diffusion of environmentalist values. An important result of our model is to provide the conditions under which lobbying by materialist citizens entails a convergence to a fully brown society. The emergence of an environmentalist lobby implies a two-lobby structure and an upper bound on the share of environmentalist citizens, so that there is no convergence to a fully green society. We study a number of factors potentially improving the green transition: cultural mutations, social-signaling, sensitivity to pollution, and lowering organizational costs for the environmentalist lobby. Finally, we provide policy implications.

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  • Donatella Gatti & Julien Vauday, 2024. "Environmental transition through social change and lobbying by citizens," Post-Print hal-04812487, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04812487
    DOI: 10.2307/48804181
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    Cited by:

    1. Mahdi Fawaz & Donatella Gatti, 2025. "Social Unrest and Environmental Performance," Working Papers hal-05021482, HAL.
    2. Laurent Linnemer & Francesco Ricci, 2024. "Introduction to the Special Issue: FAERE in its Teens," Annals of Economics and Statistics, GENES, issue 156, pages 1-8.

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    JEL classification:

    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • D71 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations
    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies

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