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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
ARE ECO-LABELS VALUABLE? EVIDENCE FROM THE APPAREL INDUSTRY
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| Autores: |
Nimon, R. Wesley
Beghin, John C.
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| Data: |
1998-05-14
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| Ano: |
1998
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| Palavras-chave: |
Eco-labels
Organic-cotton apparel
Natural dye
Hedonic price
Agribusiness
Environmental Economics and Policy
Q20
L81
L67
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| Resumo: |
Using U.S. apparel catalogue data, we estimate hedonic price functions to identify market valuation of environmental attributes of apparel goods. We identify a significant and robust premium for the organic fibers embodied in the apparel goods. We find an additional organic premium for baby items. However, we do not find evidence of a premium for environment-friendly dyes. We further investigate the pricing behavior of apparel suppliers for potential departure from competitive pricing of this environmental attribute and find no evidence different premium across firms, suggesting price-taking behavior in the environmental attribute space.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
673
http://purl.umn.edu/21016
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
American Agricultural Economics Association>1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT
Selected Paper
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| Formato: |
14
application/pdf
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