In this paper we analyze the effectiveness of eco-labels in reducing the supply of eco-unfriendly products. We focus on the situation where a labeled product is viewed by consumers as a private good and develop a theoretical model to pin down theinteraction between consumers' willingness to pay...

The paper examines the effectiveness of eco-labeling in providing a market-based solution to the under-consumption of eco-friendly products in developing and developed countries. The authors show that whether labeling is an effective device in solving the problem of asymmetric information...

In what follows various econometric technique is applied to determine the source of consumption growth with historical retrospective to equity and real estate markets as well comparative analysis of US consumer and Chinese consumer is presented

Despite promising growth, mobile commerce (m-commerce) still represents only a small proportion of the world’s total e-commerce market. The research behind this article moves away from the predominantly single-country (typically developed) and utilitarian-focused market scope of past research...