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Citizen Consumption and Public Policies: Good Complements against Market Failures?

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  • Philippe Delacote

    (Laboratoire d'Economie Forestière, INRA - AgroParisTech)

  • Claire Montagné

    (Laboratoire d'Economie Forestière, INRA - AgroParisTech)

Abstract

Citizen consumption has become over the past few years an ever growing type of behaviour, in which citizens express by their consumption choices their political, environmental and ethical preferences. This paper wonders to what extend citizen consumption may represent an effective and fair instrument against market failures. Overall, it seems that it is better to consider citizen consumption as a complement to public policies.

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  • Philippe Delacote & Claire Montagné, 2010. "Citizen Consumption and Public Policies: Good Complements against Market Failures?," Working Papers - Cahiers du LEF 2010-01, Laboratoire d'Economie Forestiere, AgroParisTech-INRA.
    • Handle: RePEc:lef:wpaper:2010-01
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    Keywords

    citizen consumption; environment; ethics; public policies;
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    JEL classification:

    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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