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Włodzimierz Sroka - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Sustainable Consumption Behavior at Home and in the Workplace: Avenues for Innovative Solutions
    Sustainability, 2020
    Co-Authors: Jūratė Banytė, Laura Šalčiuvienė, Aistė Dovalienė, Žaneta Piligrimienė, Włodzimierz Sroka
    Abstract:

    Companies which offer innovative solutions to aid the achievement of sustainable Consumption behavior of individuals in home environment gain a competitive advantage. The study aims to uncover the relationship between the engagement in sustainable Consumption and sustainable Consumption behavior of individuals at home and in the workplace environments enabling companies to provide innovative solutions to advance sustainability management. This research holds that sustainable Consumption behavior is a process and the focus of this study is use behavior. An online survey was employed to collect data from 407 respondents in the United Kingdom. Consumers working in both private and public sectors were surveyed. Data analysis suggests that one dimension of engagement in sustainable Consumption, namely, Enthusiasm and Attention, mostly influences sustainable Consumption behavior at home and in the workplace. Further, females feature higher sustainable Consumption behavior at home and in the workplace most of the time in comparison to males. Also, there are age differences apropos sustainable Consumption behavior at home and in the workplace. Social Learning Theory and Collaborative Consumption Theory are used to raise hypotheses and explain findings. The findings lead to practical implications for companies regarding engagement and sustainable Consumption behavior in both environments in terms of incentives, green product and service innovation that may be offered to individuals to enhance sustainability.

Remi Trudel - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The Effect of Recycling Versus Trashing on Consumption: Theory and Experimental Evidence
    Journal of Marketing Research, 2017
    Co-Authors: Monic Sun, Remi Trudel
    Abstract:

    AbstractThis article proposes a utilitarian model in which recycling could reduce consumers’ negative emotions from wasting resources (i.e., taking more resources than what is being consumed) and increase consumers’ positive emotions from disposing of consumed resources. The authors provide evidence for each component of the utility function using a series of choice problems and formulate hypotheses on the basis of a parsimonious utilitarian model. Experiments with real disposal behavior support the model hypotheses. The findings suggest that the positive emotions associated with recycling can overpower the negative emotions associated with wasting. As a result, consumers could use a larger amount of resources when recycling is an option, and more strikingly, this amount could go beyond the point at which their marginal Consumption utility becomes zero. The authors extend the theoretical model and introduce acquisition utility and the moderating effect of the costs of recycling (financial, physical, and m...

  • The Effect of Recycling Versus Trashing on Consumption: Theory and Experimental Evidence
    SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016
    Co-Authors: Monic Sun, Remi Trudel
    Abstract:

    This article proposes a utilitarian model in which recycling could reduce consumers’ negative emotions from wasting resources (i.e., taking more resources than what is being consumed) and increase consumers’ positive emotions from disposing of consumed resources. The authors provide evidence for each component of the utility function using a series of choice problems and formulate hypotheses on the basis of a parsimonious utilitarian model. Experiments with real disposal behavior support the model hypotheses. The findings suggest that the positive emotions associated with recycling can overpower the negative emotions associated with wasting. As a result, consumers could use a larger amount of resources when recycling is an option, and more strikingly, this amount could go beyond the point at which their marginal Consumption utility becomes zero. The authors extend the theoretical model and introduce acquisition utility and the moderating effect of the costs of recycling (financial, physical, and mental). From a policy perspective, this research argues for a better understanding of consumers’ disposal behavior to increase the effectiveness of environmental policies and campaigns.

Greg Hannsgen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • A Random Walk Down Maple Lane? A Critique of Neoclassical Consumption Theory with Reference to Housing Wealth
    Review of Political Economy, 2007
    Co-Authors: Greg Hannsgen
    Abstract:

    Abstract The development of the permanent income/life cycle Consumption hypothesis was a key blow to Keynesian and Kaleckian economics, and, according to George Akerlof, it ‘set the agenda’ for modern neoclassical macroeconomics. This paper focuses on the relationship of housing wealth to neoclassical Consumption Theory and, in particular, the degree to which homes can be treated collectively with other forms of ‘permanent income.’ The neoclassical analysis will be evaluated as a partly normative and partly positive one, in recognition of the dual function of the neoclassical Theory of rationality. The paper rests its critique primarily on the distinctive role of homes in social life; theories that fail to recognize this role jeopardize the social and economic goods at stake. Since many families do not own large amounts of assets other than their places of residence, these issues have important ramifications for the relevance of Consumption Theory as a whole.

  • A Random Walk Down Maple Lane? A Critique of Neoclassical Consumption Theory with Reference to Housing Wealth
    SSRN Electronic Journal, 2006
    Co-Authors: Greg Hannsgen
    Abstract:

    The development of the permanent income/life cycle Consumption hypothesis was a key blow to Keynesian and Kaleckian economics, and, according to George Akerlof, it set the agenda for modern neoclassical macroeconomics. This paper focuses on the relationship of housing wealth to neoclassical Consumption Theory, and in particular, the degree to which homes can be treated collectively with other forms of permanent income. The neoclassical analysis is evaluated as a partly normative and partly positive one, in recognition of the dual function of the neoclassical Theory of rationality. The paper rests its critique primarily on the distinctive role of homes in social life; theories that fail to recognize this role jeopardize the social and economic goods at stake. Since many families do not own large amounts of assets other than their places of residence, these issues have important ramifications for the relevance of Consumption Theory as a whole.

Jan-oliver Menz - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Uncertainty, social norms and Consumption Theory: Post and New Keynesian approaches
    European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention, 2010
    Co-Authors: Jan-oliver Menz
    Abstract:

    Consumption Theory has always been a neglected fi eld in post-Keynesian economics, whereas it is at the center of New Keynesian economics. Th is paper investigates similarities and diff erences between the two approaches. I will show that the newer mainstream models indeed give results that are fairly similar to traditional Keynesian ideas, even if diff erences – especially concerning methodological questions – still remain. Building on insights from Economic Sociology and Behavioral Economics, the importance for Consumption Theory of an adequate treatment of risk and uncertainty on the one hand, and the role of social norms on the other hand are emphasized.

  • Uncertainty, Social Norms and Consumption Theory: Post and New Keynesian Approaches
    2009
    Co-Authors: Jan-oliver Menz
    Abstract:

    Consumption Theory has always been a neglected eld in Post Keynesian economics, whereas it is at the center of New Keynesian economics. This paper investigates similarities and di erences between the two approaches. I will show that the newer mainstream models indeed give results that are fairly similar, even if di erences, especially concerning methodological questions, still remain. Building on insights from Economic Sociology and Behavioral Economics, the importance for Consumption Theory of an adequate treatment of risk and uncertainty on the one hand and the role of social norms on the other hand is emphasized.

Jūratė Banytė - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Sustainable Consumption Behavior at Home and in the Workplace: Avenues for Innovative Solutions
    Sustainability, 2020
    Co-Authors: Jūratė Banytė, Laura Šalčiuvienė, Aistė Dovalienė, Žaneta Piligrimienė, Włodzimierz Sroka
    Abstract:

    Companies which offer innovative solutions to aid the achievement of sustainable Consumption behavior of individuals in home environment gain a competitive advantage. The study aims to uncover the relationship between the engagement in sustainable Consumption and sustainable Consumption behavior of individuals at home and in the workplace environments enabling companies to provide innovative solutions to advance sustainability management. This research holds that sustainable Consumption behavior is a process and the focus of this study is use behavior. An online survey was employed to collect data from 407 respondents in the United Kingdom. Consumers working in both private and public sectors were surveyed. Data analysis suggests that one dimension of engagement in sustainable Consumption, namely, Enthusiasm and Attention, mostly influences sustainable Consumption behavior at home and in the workplace. Further, females feature higher sustainable Consumption behavior at home and in the workplace most of the time in comparison to males. Also, there are age differences apropos sustainable Consumption behavior at home and in the workplace. Social Learning Theory and Collaborative Consumption Theory are used to raise hypotheses and explain findings. The findings lead to practical implications for companies regarding engagement and sustainable Consumption behavior in both environments in terms of incentives, green product and service innovation that may be offered to individuals to enhance sustainability.