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Brand Names Before the Industrial Revolution

Richardson, Gary - 2008

. Conspicuous characteristics fulfilled many of the functions that patents, trademarks, and brand names do today. The words that … referred to products with conspicuous characteristics served as brand names in the Middle Ages. Data drawn from an array of …

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Policies for Green Design

Fullerton, Don - 1996

We analyze alternative policies such as a disposal content fee, a subsidy for recyclable designs, unit pricing of household disposal, a deposit-refund system, and a manufacturer `take-back' requirement. In order to identify the problem being addressed, we build a simple general equilibrium model...

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Environmental Engel Curves

Levinson, Arik - 2015

Environmental Engel curves (EECs) plot the relationship between households' incomes and the pollution embodied in the goods and services they consume. They provide a basis for estimating the degree to which observed environmental improvements, which come in part from changing consumption...

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An Assessment of the Energy-Efficiency Gap and its Implications for Climate-Change Policy

Gerarden, Todd D. - 2015

Improving end-use energy efficiency--that is, the energy-efficiency of individuals, households, and firms as they consume energy--is often cited as an important element in efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions. Arguments for improving energy efficiency usually rely on the idea that...

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From Green Users to Green Voters

Comin, Diego - 2013

We study the effect of the diffusion of photovoltaic (PV) systems on the fraction of votes obtained by the German Green Party in federal elections. Using both regional and household survey data, we show that households that adopted PV systems became more supportive of the Green Party. We...

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Carbon Taxes, Path Dependency and Directed Technical Change : Evidence from the Auto Industry

Aghion, Philippe - 2012

Can directed technical change be used to combat climate change? We construct new firm-level panel data on auto industry innovation distinguishing between "dirty" (internal combustion engine) and "clean" (e.g. electric and hybrid) patents across 80 countries over several decades. We show that...

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The Role of Technological Change in Green Growth

Popp, David - 2012

By reducing the costs of environmental protection, technological change is important for promoting green growth. This entails both the creation of new technologies and more widespread deployment of existing green technologies. This paper reviews the literature on environmentally friendly...

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How Do Copayment Coupons Affect Branded Drug Prices and Quantities Purchased?

Dafny, Leemore S.; Ho, Katherine; Kong, Edward - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Drug copayment coupons to reduce patient cost-sharing have become nearly ubiquitous for high-priced brand …

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Quantifying Brand Loyalty : Evidence from the Cigarette Market

DeCicca, Philip; Kenkel, Donald Scott; Liu, Feng; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Reservations. The regime change represents a unique opportunity to quantify brand loyalty because it almost doubled the price of … premium-brand cigarettes, while Native brands were still untaxed. We use data from two different sources--the New York State … three-quarters remained brand loyal …

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Foreign Counterfeiting of Status Goods

Grossman, Gene M. - 1986

merchandise of similar quality suggests that they value the prestige, or status, associated with brand-name trademarks … with a given label. But counterfeits allow consumers to unbundle the status and quality attributes of the brand …

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