An experimental test of an automobile supply chain in China illustrates the impacts of competition intensity on profits, the energy efficiency of environmentally friendly products and consumer surplus.
A practical implication of the findings for environmentally friendly design of consumer products is that there should be a stronger focus on system-based measures rather than information-based measures.
In surveying consumers, the F.T.C. found that products that were promoted as "environmentally friendly" were perceived by consumers to have "specific and far-reaching" benefits, which, the government says, they often did not have.
Several countries or groups of countries, such as the European Union, have set up or are setting up Environmental Labelling (EL) systems for consumer products to guide consumers towards environmentally friendly products and to incite industrial producers to adopt sustainable practices.
Until now, there have been few models available of so-called green, or environmentally friendly, mobile phones, so consumers have been able to dodge the question.
Given the popularity of the farm-to-table movement across the country and San Francisco's dense population of environmentally friendly food and wine consumers, it is no surprise that San Francisco's wineries are feeling the love and reciprocating with neighbourly flair.
Similar taxes said to be still under consideration apply to other high-volume consumer products such as batteries, televisions, and appliances, with consumers purchasing environmentally friendly versions of these products seeing tax breaks.
