Evaluation of Optimal Policy on Environmental Change through Green Consumption

Haiwei Jiang and Yiyao He
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Yiyao He: School of Economics, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 9, 1-14

Abstract: This paper explores the relationship between green consumption and the environment from a new perspective of green consumption on the demand side. This paper further investigates how to design an environmental policy package to achieve optimal social allocation. The results show that: first, green consumption can still improve the environment without supply-driven policy; second, demand-driven environmental change is better than supply-driven change in improving the environment and increasing social welfare; and third, a policy package which includes green consumption is more efficient.

Keywords: green consumption; environmental change; environmental regulation; social welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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