Indirect rebound effects on the consumer level: A state-of-the-art literature review

Cleaner and Responsible Consumption

Katrin Rehdanz¹  Anke Jacksohn¹  Dennis Appenfeller²  Ingo Balderjahn²  Alexandra Hüttel²  Wassili Lasarov³  Hanna Reimers³  Stefan Hoffmann³ 

[1] Department of Economics and Institute for Environmental, Resource and Spatial Economics, Kiel University, Olshausenstraße 40, 24098, Kiel, Germany;Department of Marketing, University of Potsdam, August-Bebel-Straße 89, 14482, Potsdam, Germany;Institute of Business Administration, Department of Marketing, Kiel University, Olshausenstraße 40, 24098, Kiel, Germany;

关键词: Indirect rebound effects;    Income effects;    Substitution effects;    Spillover effects;    Moral licensing;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Indirect rebound effects on the consumer level occur when potential greenhouse gas emission savings from the usage of more efficient technologies or more sufficient consumption in one consumption area are partially or fully offset through the consumers’ adverse behavioral responses in other areas. As both economic (e.g., price effects) and psychological (e.g., moral licensing) mechanisms can stimulate these indirect rebound effects, they have been studied in different fields, including economics, industrial ecology, psychology, and consumer research. Consequently, the literature is highly fragmented and disordered. To integrate the body of knowledge for an interdisciplinary audience, we review and summarize the previous literature, covering the microeconomic quantification of indirect rebounds based on observed expenditure behavior and the psychological processes underlying indirect rebounds. The literature review reveals that economic quantifications and psychological processes of indirect rebound effects have not yet been jointly analyzed. We derive directions for future studies, calling for a holistic research agenda that integrates economic and psychological mechanisms.

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