Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Sherif Maher Hassan Author-X-Name-First: Sherif Maher Author-X-Name-Last: Hassan Title: The eco-environmental costs of conflicts Abstract: The environmental costs of conflicts remain disputed; while their negative effects are conclusive, they are not adequately quantified or addressed. This study aims to quantify the direct air-polluting effects of armed conflicts across 48 global hot spots from 2000 to 2020. Our main variables of interest are the intensity and type of conflict, representing four types of conflict, intrastate, interstate, systematic, and international armed conflicts. To proxy the extent of air pollution, we use carbon dioxide emissions (metric tons per capita) as our dependent variable. We estimate our model using fixed effects (FE) with Driscoll-Kraay errors and two-stage least square (2SLS) methodologies. Our results confirm the air-polluting effects of armed conflicts, while the intrastate type of conflicts tends to have stronger air-polluting effects than international ones. Journal: Int. J. of Green Economics Pages: 36-49 Issue: 1 Volume: 17 Year: 2023 Keywords: conflict; CO2 emissions; two-stage least square; 2SLS; environment. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=131329 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijgrec:v:17:y:2023:i:1:p:36-49 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Manuel Couret Branco Author-X-Name-First: Manuel Couret Author-X-Name-Last: Branco Title: Four principles for a human rights-based approach to development without growth Abstract: Economists have frequently reflected on how to generate human wellbeing. Adam Smith presented economic growth as a tool to alleviate deprivation without extensive wealth redistribution. Since then, growth became the nuclear concept of mainstream economics. However, not only the promises of wellbeing associated with growth have not been fulfilled, as its ecological limits are evident today. How can economics strive for human wellbeing and abandon growth? The first step in that direction is to decolonise the social imaginary of economics, this being the main cross cutting theme of the paper. To achieve this purpose, I propose four principles rooted in human rights. The principles are: 1) non-utilitarian approach; 2) decommodification; 3) decoupling income from work; 4) cultural freedom. Heterodox economists have long addressed issues referring to human rights. Nevertheless, these approaches are not structurally built upon human rights, and therefore, the necessary synthesis is yet to be done. Journal: Int. J. of Green Economics Pages: 20-35 Issue: 1 Volume: 17 Year: 2023 Keywords: human rights; development; growth; non-utilitarianism; basic income; decommodification; reduction of working time; cultural freedom; Timor-Leste. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=131330 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijgrec:v:17:y:2023:i:1:p:20-35 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Basil Oberholzer Author-X-Name-First: Basil Author-X-Name-Last: Oberholzer Title: Secular stagnation: a tough test for the post-growth economy Abstract: Historically, economic growth has gone along with increasing resource consumption and environmental pollution. On the other hand, periods of low growth have involved social hardship. This growth dilemma is confronted with an actual decline in current economic growth in industrial countries. The period of so-called 'secular stagnation' intensifies the threats of unemployment, wage pressure, and deteriorating living conditions. Policy strategies that make the economy independent of the growth imperative to reduce resource consumption while maintaining a high quality of life require macroeconomic governance. This article provides an overview of the main policy proposals to avoid secular stagnation to argue that tackling the growth dilemma requires the macroeconomic management of the drivers of growth, that is, effective demand and profitability. The contradiction between these two growth drivers becomes ever more prevalent in the age of secular stagnation and reveals the analytical gaps ecological economics research should focus on. Journal: Int. J. of Green Economics Pages: 1-19 Issue: 1 Volume: 17 Year: 2023 Keywords: post-growth; secular stagnation; environment; limits of growth; profit rate; effective demand; inequality; modern money theory; macroeconomic governance. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=131333 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijgrec:v:17:y:2023:i:1:p:1-19 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Naman Sreen Author-X-Name-First: Naman Author-X-Name-Last: Sreen Author-Name: Swetarupa Chatterjee Author-X-Name-First: Swetarupa Author-X-Name-Last: Chatterjee Author-Name: Pradip Sadarangani Author-X-Name-First: Pradip Author-X-Name-Last: Sadarangani Author-Name: Bidyut Jyoti Gogoi Author-X-Name-First: Bidyut Jyoti Author-X-Name-Last: Gogoi Title: Are consumers ready to pay a higher price and forego quality for shirts and soaps with no animal cruelty certification? Evidence from the Indian market Abstract: This research aims to uncover the inconsistent findings in the literature regarding consumers' willingness to pay premium for ethical products and consumers' willingness to sacrifice quality for ethical aspects in the product. Two experiments are conducted for examining the interaction and main effects of price and 'no animal cruelty' certification, and quality and 'no animal cruelty' certification on ethical purchase intentions. Experiments differ from each other on the basis of product category. The results of the research show that consumers are willing to pay extra for ethical certification of no animal cruelty. However, they are unwilling to sacrifice on quality of the product for gaining no animal cruelty certification. These findings provide interesting insights for practitioners and managers launching ethical products in the Indian market. Journal: Int. J. of Green Economics Pages: 50-66 Issue: 1 Volume: 17 Year: 2023 Keywords: price; quality; 'no animal cruelty' certification; ethical product purchase intentions. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=131335 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijgrec:v:17:y:2023:i:1:p:50-66 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: C. Sankar Author-X-Name-First: C. Author-X-Name-Last: Sankar Author-Name: J. Aruna Author-X-Name-First: J. Author-X-Name-Last: Aruna Title: Customer attitudes towards organic products and their impact on satisfaction - an empirical study Abstract: Consumer behaviour in buying the products rests with their psychological, personality, and other external motivational factors. Analysing the buying process towards the new arrival in the market is complicated as the pattern cannot be judged by anybody. Customers do not change their options unless clearly understanding the benefits of those new ones. It has been applied to the organic products also now emerging in the market. This study has attempted to examine the customer mind-set in buying the organic products along with its effect on their satisfaction with 586 customers selected through simple random sampling from various states of India. The researcher has applied various statistical tools, and the result revealed that all the constructs have a positive and significant effect on the customer attitude except the price of the organic products. Also, there exists a negative impact of customer attitude on satisfaction, but the effective marketing strategies and the promotional aspects that changed the effect into a positive one. Marketers should analyse the reason for the low traffic of sales despite having more awareness and health consciousness among the customers and implement innovative strategies to overcome the barrier. Journal: Int. J. of Green Economics Pages: 67-89 Issue: 1 Volume: 17 Year: 2023 Keywords: consumer awareness; consumer satisfaction; green behaviour; green environment; organic products. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=131337 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijgrec:v:17:y:2023:i:1:p:67-89