End-of-pipe or cleaner production? How to go green in presence of income inequality and pro-environmental behavior

A Mantovani, O Tarola, C Vergari - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper we consider a vertically differentiated duopoly model in which a green producer
competes with a brown rival in a market in which consumers are environmentally concerned …

Behavioural complexity

S Al‐Suwailem - Journal of Economic Surveys, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The paper compares and contrasts complexity economics and neoclassical economics. It
proposes a framework for modelling complex systems and, accordingly, utilizes agent …

Relative quality-related (dis) utility in a vertically differentiated oligopoly with an environmental externality

NB Elhadj, O Tarola - Environment and Development Economics, 2015 - cambridge.org
In a vertically differentiated setting, we consider a two-stage game between a clean firm and
a dirty producer with quality competition at the first stage and price competition at the second …

Environmental vs hedonic quality: which policy can help in lowering pollution emissions?

A Mantovani, C Vergari - Environment and Development Economics, 2017 - cambridge.org
In this paper we compare two policy instruments that can be adopted to curb carbon
emissions. The first is a conventional pollution tax, the second is an environmental …

Green consumption and relative preferences in a vertically differentiated international oligopoly

G Ceccantoni, O Tarola, S Zanaj - Ecological Economics, 2018 - Elsevier
We consider an open to trade two-country model with two vertically differentiated goods and
relative preferences in consumption. These preferences are such that consumers obtain …

Double effect and the ethical significance of distinct volitional states

T Cavanaugh - Christian bioethics, 1997 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Much of Roman Catholic discussion concerning bioethical controversies, such as
the surgical removal of a life-threatening cancerous uterus when the fetus is not viable, has …

[PDF][PDF] Multi-product strategies and relative preferences for quality

H Ghazzai - Economics Bulletin, 2008 - core.ac.uk
In this paper we investigate whether a monopoly in a vertically differentiated market may
have the incentive to adopt a multi-product strategy if the consumers are concerned by the …

Green monopoly and downward leapfrogging

L Lambertini, A Mantovani, C Vergari - Journal of Industrial and Business …, 2021 - Springer
In this paper we show that environmental consciousness may act as a substitute for
environmental regulation. We consider a vertically differentiated duopoly in which the high …

Hedonic Quality and Social Norms: a hybrid model of product differentiation

A Mantovani, O Tarola, C Vergari - 2015 - papers.ssrn.com
We analyse how strategic competition between a green firm and a brown competitor
develops when their products are differentiated along two dimensions: hedonic quality and …

[图书][B] Social division in the market: conspicuous consumption with nationalist feelings

O Tarola, S Zanaj - 2019 - core.ac.uk
In this paper, we explore the effects of conspicuous goods as means of social division
between native citizens and migrants. We push forward the hypothesis that choosing a …