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Green consumption: consumer behavior after an environmental tragedy

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  • Emerson Wagner Mainardes
  • Cintia Araujo Espanhol
  • Poliano Bastos da Cruz

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The aim of this study was to identify whether there is a difference in the environmentally‐conscious consumer behavior (ECCB) of a region directly impacted by an environmental tragedy, as compared to the ECCB of non-impacted regions. We empirically tested the main argument of the protection motivation theory, through the design of a structural model, based on the literature, that was estimated with cross-sectional data, which allowed us to distinguish the effects of both green behavior and perceived consumer effectiveness on the ECCB from both regions. Our model also considers the antecedents of both green behavior and perceived consumer effectiveness, thereby attempting to accurately model the complex process of forming the ECCB in a context of environmental tragedy. Using a sample of 420 individuals from an impacted region, and 394 individuals from non-impacted regions, results show that perceived consumer effectiveness affects the ECCB only in the impacted region. In this region, perceived consumer effectiveness is strongly influenced by ecological attitudes compared to environmental concern and external motivators. Conversely, green behavior affects the ECCB more in the non-impacted regions. Our evidence suggests that, after experiencing an environmental tragedy, consumers began to reflect on the effects of their consumption, which in turn influenced the ECCB. However, the effect of their green actions on their consumption behavior seems to decrease in the impacted region relative to the non-impacted regions.

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  • Emerson Wagner Mainardes & Cintia Araujo Espanhol & Poliano Bastos da Cruz, 2021. "Green consumption: consumer behavior after an environmental tragedy," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 64(7), pages 1156-1183, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:64:y:2021:i:7:p:1156-1183
    DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2020.1812546
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    1. Rosa Maria Dangelico & Valerio Schiaroli & Luca Fraccascia, 2022. "Is Covid‐19 changing sustainable consumer behavior? A survey of Italian consumers," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 30(6), pages 1477-1496, December.
    2. Daniel Friedrich, 2022. "How environmental goals influence consumer willingness-to-pay for a plastic tax: a discrete-choice analytical study," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 24(6), pages 8218-8245, June.

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