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Food for the Soul and the Planet: Measuring the Impact of the Return of Meatless Fridays for (some) UK Catholics

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  • Shaun Larcom
  • Luca Panzone
  • Po-Wen She

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We measure the impact of a return to meatless Fridays for English and Welsh Catholics on consumption behaviour, climate change mitigation, and religiosity. We find evidence of partial compliance with the reimposed obligation. We then measure the corresponding greenhouse gas reductions - which are nontrivial. We find no discernible impact on religiosity. We highlight the important role that religious regulations can play in achieving environmental sustainability. We identify a new source of low-cost greenhouse emission reductions, especially if this practice were to be reinstated by the Catholic Church at a global scale.

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  • Shaun Larcom & Luca Panzone & Po-Wen She, 2024. "Food for the Soul and the Planet: Measuring the Impact of the Return of Meatless Fridays for (some) UK Catholics," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 180(3), pages 425-462.
    • Handle: RePEc:mhr:jinste:urn:doi:10.1628/jite-2024-0004
    DOI: 10.1628/jite-2024-0004
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    Keywords

    food and religion; climate change; non-state institutions; legal plural-ism; Catholic Church;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q2 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation
    • D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior
    • Z1 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics

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