Arbeitspapier

Do Markets Erode Social Responsibility?

This paper studies the stability of socially responsible behavior in markets. We develop a laboratory product market in which low-cost production creates a negative externality for third parties, but where alternative production with higher costs entirely mitigates the externality. Our data reveal a robust and persistent preference for avoiding negative social impact in the market, reflected both in the composition of product types and in a price premium for socially responsible products. Socially responsible behavior in the market is generally robust to varying market characteristics, such as increased seller competition and limited consumer information. Fair behavior in the market is slightly lower than that measured in comparable individual decisions.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 4491

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Group Behavior
Externalities
Thema
social responsibility
markets
externalities
competition
fairness

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Bartling, Björn
Weber, Roberto A.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2013

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Bartling, Björn
  • Weber, Roberto A.
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2013

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