Effects of carbon reduction labels: evidence from scanner data

Mika Kortelainen, Jibonayan Raychaudhuri and Béatrice Roussillon ()
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Jibonayan Raychaudhuri: School of Economics - UEA - University of East Anglia [Norwich]
Béatrice Roussillon: GAEL - Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquée de Grenoble - Grenoble INP - Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UGA [2016-2019] - Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019]

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Abstract: We investigate the effects of carbon reduction labels using a detailed scanner data set. Using a difference-in-differences estimation strategy, we find that having a carbon label has no impact on detergent prices or demand. We also investigate possible heterogeneous effects of carbon labels using the synthetic control method. We find no evidence to indicate that the prices for the counterfactual detergents without the label would have been any different from the prices of the carbon-labeled detergents. We investigate the reasons for these results and conclude that the specific design of the carbon label is responsible for its lack of success.

Date: 2016
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Published in Economic Inquiry, 2016, 54 (2), pp.1167-1187. ⟨10.1111/ecin.12278⟩

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Journal Article: EFFECTS OF CARBON REDUCTION LABELS: EVIDENCE FROM SCANNER DATA (2016)
Working Paper: Effects of Carbon Reduction Labels: Evidence From Scanner Data (2013)
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DOI: 10.1111/ecin.12278

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