For a durable consumption good which turns into waste after consumption, the socially optimal durability increases with an increase in the marginal environmental damage. In a laissez-faire equilibrium under perfect competition, producers fail to provide an efficient product design, i.e....

This paper addresses the existence of an Environmental Kuznets Curve for China, using a sampleof thirty regions and covering the period 1982-1997. The types of pollution included in the studyare wastewater, waste gas and solid waste. We consider the development of the sources ofpollution in a...

Nach den jüngsten statistischen Veröffentlichungen beträgt das jährliche Aufkommen an gewerblichen und kommunalen Abfällen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ca. 220 Millionen Tonnen. Die Entsorgung dieser großen Abfallmengen verursacht erhebliche volkswirtschaftliche Kosten [vgl. hierzu...

This behavioural study examined consumer choices in relation to food sustainability, and was carried out at the Milan Expo 2015 among EXPO visitors, by CentERdata, GFK, and Ecorys. This project examined two aspects related to consumer sustainability: consumer use of sustainability information...