HEC Montréal Foundation | Chair in Game Theory and Management | GERAD Seminar

Title: Moving to Greener Societies: Moral Motivation and Green Behaviour

Speaker: CERDA PLANAS, Lorenzo (Paris School of Economics, France)

Abstract:
This paper intends to provide an alternative explanation of why societies behave differently from an environmental point of view. To do so, I use a Kantian moral approach at a microeconomic level. Under this premise, I show that two identical societies (according to income and political system) might follow different paths with respect to their “green” behaviour. Additionally, I identify tipping points that could nudge a society from a polluting behaviour to a green one. I find that environmental perception as well as how governments are elected can be important factors in this shift.