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Social- and self-image concerns in fair-trade consumption

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  • Sabrina Teyssier

    (ALISS - Alimentation et sciences sociales - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique)

  • Fabrice Etilé

    (ALISS - Alimentation et sciences sociales - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, PSE - Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

  • Pierre P. Combris

    (ALISS - Alimentation et sciences sociales - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique)

Abstract

Social interactions may alter the purchase of fair-trade food products by triggering social- or self-image concerns. We identify these concerns by eliciting the willingness-to-pay (WTP) premium for fair-trade vs. non-fair-trade chocolate of subjects under various conditions. We find that both social- and self-image matter: (i) subjects' WTP premium for fair-trade is higher when their decisions are made public; and (ii) subjects revise this premium upward (downward) when their expectations about the premium of others increase (decrease). However, there are significant asymmetries. Making decisions public decreases the WTP for non-fair-trade chocolate rather than increases the WTP for fair-trade chocolate. Downward revisions of the premium are larger and more frequent than upward revisions.

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  • Sabrina Teyssier & Fabrice Etilé & Pierre P. Combris, 2015. "Social- and self-image concerns in fair-trade consumption," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-01203174, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:pseptp:halshs-01203174
    DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbu036
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