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| Registro 1 de 3 | |
| Autor: | Parks, Moon - Bansal, Sangeeta - Zilberman, David - |
| Título: | Fit-risk in development projects: role of demonstration in technology adoption |
| Fuente: | Environment and Development Economics. v.21, n.6. Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics; Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences |
| Páginas: | pp. 742-766 |
| Año: | Dec. 2016 |
| Resumen: | The introduction and adoption of new technologies is an important component of development projects. Many technologies that could spur considerable increase in welfare, however, are often adopted at low rates even when donors and NGOs have invested their effort in them heavily. This paper develops a framework to analyze inefficiencies caused by fit-risk (potential users are not certain whether the technology will fit their needs, lifestyles, social feedback or capabilities), and the role of marketing tools, such as demonstration, in reducing fit-risk and enhancing the efficiency of development projects. We find that, in the presence of fit-risk, there is always unrealized demand and resource waste. Donors who ignore fit-risk always overestimate the project value and over-subsidize the products they are promoting. We identify conditions under which introducing demonstration may help alleviate fit-risk and improve the overall project values. The impact of eliminating fit-risk on the project uptake depends on the probability of fit. |
| Palabras clave: | PROYECTOS DE DESARROLLO | TECNOLOGIA | RIESGO | |
| Solicitar por: | HEMEROTECA E + datos de Fuente |
| Registro 2 de 3 | |
| Autor: | Bansal, Sangeeta - |
| Título: | Environmental quality: impact of economic growth |
| Fuente: | Environment and Development Economics. v.20, n.5. Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics; Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences |
| Páginas: | pp. 673-696 |
| Año: | Oct. 2015 |
| Resumen: | Using a vertically differentiated product model, the paper aims to investigate the effects of economic growth on market provision of product quality. The quality attribute considered is the environmental friendliness of products. Economic growth is modeled as a shift in income distribution. It shows that the effect of economic growth depends on the form it takes. A growth in income that is uniform across consumers improves the cleanup levels adopted by both firms. However, a growth in income that is accompanied by changes in income inequality may result in the lowering of one of the two qualities. More specifically, if the growth in income is accompanied by increased disparities in income distribution, the quality of the (environmentally) inferior variant is reduced. This has serious implications for the poor consumers if the product has safety or health hazards. The paper suggests a regulatory measure to prevent such deterioration in the quality of the inferior variant. |
| Solicitar por: | HEMEROTECA E + datos de Fuente |
| Registro 3 de 3 | |
| Autor: | Bansal, Sangeeta - Chakravarty, Sujoy - Ramaswami, Bharat |
| Título: | The informational and signaling impacts of labels: experimental evidence from India on GM foods |
| Fuente: | Environment and Development Economics. v.18, n.6. Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics; Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences |
| Páginas: | pp. 701-722 |
| Año: | Dec. 2013 |
| Resumen: | Much of the debate between the European and US positions about the labeling of genetically modified (GM) foods has been whether consumers perceive labels as a source of information or as a signal to change behavior. In this paper we provide an experimental framework for examining these roles of information and signaling. While previous studies have focused on the impact of labels on consumer behavior, our interest is also in what happens prior to the expression of aversion to GM-labeled foods. In particular, the experiment design allows the researcher to estimate a lower bound of the informational impact of labels on GM food aversion. The other novel feature of this paper is that, unlike earlier studies, it uses subjects from a developing country. |
| Solicitar por: | HEMEROTECA E + datos de Fuente |
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