Corporate Social Responsibility and Profit Maximizing Behaviour

We examine the behavior of a profit maximizing monopolist in a horizontal differentiation model in which consumers differ in their degree of social responsibility (SR) and consumers SR is dynamically influenced by habit persistence. The model outlines parametric conditions under which (consumer driven) corporate social responsibility is an optimal choice compatible with profit maximizing behavior.

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Year of publication:	2005-10-04
Authors:	Becchetti, Leonardo ; Giallonardo, Luisa ; Tessitore, Maria Elisabetta
Institutions:	Associazione Italiana per la Cultura della Cooperazione e del Non Profit - AICCON
Subject:	corporate social responsibility \| profit maximizing monopolist

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	AICCON Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	The text is part of a series AICCON Working Papers Number 21-2005 24 pages
Classification:	A13 - Relation of Economics to Social Values
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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