Offset carbon emissions or pay a price premium for avoiding them? A cross-country analysis of motives for climate protection activities

This paper contributes to the economic literature on pure and impure public goods by considering two alternatives for contributing to the public good climate protection: compensating carbon emissions from conventional consumption or paying higher prices for climate-friendly products. We analytically...

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Published in:	MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 04-2015)
Main Authors:	Schwirplies, Claudia, Ziegler, Andreas
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Philipps-Universität Marburg 2015
Subjects:	carbon offsetting climate protection climate change Wirtschaft Public good price premium Economics
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