Is habitual consumption harmful to the environment?

This paper explores the theoretical linkage between habit and the environment through environmentally harmful consumption affected by habitual behavior. It is shown that habit formation of consumption has both negative and positive effects on environmental quality. Whether the positive effect dominates the negative one depends on the degrees of habit formation and environmental externalities.

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Year of publication:	2002-09-03
Authors:	Ono, Tetsuo
Published in:	Economics Bulletin. - AccessEcon, ISSN 1545-2921. - Vol. 17.2002, 1, p. 1-10
Publisher:	AccessEcon
Subject:	environmental quality

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	Q2 - Renewable Resources and Conservation; Environmental Management ; D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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