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标题：EFFECTS OF CARBON REDUCTION LABELS: EVIDENCE FROM SCANNER DATA
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作者：Mika Kortelainen ; Mika Kortelainen ; Jibonayan Raychaudhuri 等
期刊名称：Economic Inquiry
印刷版ISSN：0095-2583
出版年度：2016
卷号：54
期号：2
页码：1167-1187
DOI：10.1111/ecin.12278
语种：English
出版社：Western Economic Association International
摘要：We investigate the effects of carbon reduction labels using a detailed scanner data set. Using a difference‐in‐differences estimation strategy, we find that having a carbon label has no impact on detergent prices or demand. We also investigate possible heterogeneous effects of carbon labels using the synthetic control method. We find no evidence to indicate that the prices for the counterfactual detergents without the label would have been any different from the prices of the carbon‐labeled detergents. We investigate the reasons for these results and conclude that the specific design of the carbon label is responsible for its lack of success. (JEL D12, D83, L15, Q54)