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Conspicuous conservation: The Prius halo and willingness to pay for environmental bona fides
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“However, conspicuous consumption can also be an important driver of sustainable consumer behavior.Consumers can be motivated to purchase environmentally friendly products to signal their environmental compromise and engagement (Griskevicius et al., 2010;Hammad et al., 2019;Sexton & Sexton, 2014).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sexton, S. E., & Sexton, A. L.
- Affiliations
- North Carolina State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Sexton, Steven E.
- ORCID
- Sexton, Steven E.
- Venue
- Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-05
- Volume
- 67
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 303-317
- ISSN
- 0095-0696 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2015848417
- Cited by
- 413
- References
- 92
- Citations by year
- 2026: 33 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 33 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 43 · 2021: 40 · 2020: 36 · 2019: 34 · 2018: 30 · 2017: 25 · 2016: 27 · 2015: 31 · 2014: 16
- FWCI
- 105.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Keywords
- conspicuous consumption, status signaling, willingness to pay, Toyota Prius, vehicle purchase decisions, green markets, environmental protection, environmental policy
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