Fair Trade? Yes, but not at Christmas! Evidence from scanner data on real French Fairtrade purchases

# 2015-03

Papiers de Recherche | Research Papers

Gaëlle BALINEAU *

March 2015

Please cite this paper as:

BALINEAU, G. (2015), “Fair Trade? Yes, but not at Christmas! Evidence from scanner data on real French Fairtrade purchases”, AFD Research Papers, No. 2015-03, March.

Contact at AFD:

Gaëlle BALINEAU (balineaug@afd.fr)

Economist, Agence Française de Développement.

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Fair Trade? Yes, but not at Christmas! Evidence from scanner data on real French Fairtrade purchases

Published on Aug 21, 2015

Agence Française de Développement

Responsible consumption based on labels arouses enthusiasm among the community of development (donors, NGOs, researchers, policy makers). Indeed, information provision may appear as a “third wave” of regulation (Tietenberg, 1998), both less costly and more efficient than “command-and-control” or market-based instruments, particularly for commons or global public goods. However, analysis of responsible consumption is still scarce, particularly in economics. Relying on household scanner data on real French Fairtrade and conventional purchases to estimate a system of demand, this article shows that aside from income, standard consumer attributes are not relevant to profile the responsible consumer, particularly compared to variables that are more studied by marketing and business fields such as ‘attitudes’.

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