Determinants of Participation versus Consumption in the Nordic Swan Eco-labeled Market
| dc.creator | Brouhle, Keith | |
| dc.creator | Khanna, Madhu | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T14:23:13Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T03:27:46Z | |
| dc.description | This paper uses data on purchases of Nordic Swan Eco-labeled toilet paper and paper towels by individual Danish households to analyze the determinants of demand for eco-labeled goods and the decision process underlying it. Among several models that are estimated, a double-hurdle model that distinguishes between factors influencing the discrete decision to participate by purchasing an eco-labeled good and the continuous decision about the quantity of the eco-labeled good to be purchased is found to fit the data best. We find that prices as well as consumer tastes and preferences, proxied by their socio-demographic characteristics, have a much stronger impact on the participation decision than on quantity consumed for both Swan-labeled toilet paper and paper towels. The quantity consumed of Swan-labeled goods, on the other hand, is strongly affected by factors such as availability of Swan goods in shops, discount sales on Swan goods, and household size. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.19443 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/19443/files/sp05br01.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/19443 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/532973 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | ||
| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/19443 | |
| dc.title | Determinants of Participation versus Consumption in the Nordic Swan Eco-labeled Market | |
| dc.type | Text |