The dynamics of consumer behavior and the transition to sustainable consumption patterns

Strong growth in disposable income has driven, and is still driving, consumption to unprecedented, but not sustainable levels. To explain the dynamic interplay of needs, need satisfaction, and innovation underlying that growth a behavioral theory of consumption is suggested and discussed with respect to its implications for making a transition to more sustainable patterns of consumer behavior.

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Witt, Ulrich
Publisher:	Jena : Max Planck Institute of Economics
Subject:	Konsumentenverhalten \| Wirtschaftswachstum \| Bedürfnisse \| Innovation \| Nachhaltige Entwicklung \| Theorie \| consumption \| growth \| sustainability \| satiation \| innovation \| welfare

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Series:	Papers on Economics and Evolution ; 1103
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	656096160 [GVK] hdl:10419/57564 [Handle]
Classification:	A13 - Relation of Economics to Social Values ; B52 - Institutional; Evolutionary ; D01 - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles ; D03 - Behavioral Economics; Underlying Principles ; D11 - Consumer Economics: Theory ; Q50 - Environmental Economics. General ; Q56 - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounting
Source:	EconStor

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