TY - BOOK ID - 2615594 TI - Certified tropical timber and consumer behaviour : the impact of a certification scheme for tropical timber from sustainable forest management on German demand AU - Bockman, Karl Ludwig AU - Hemmelskamp, Jens AU - Hohmeyer, Olav PY - 1996 VL - *1 SN - 3790809551 3642517358 PB - Heidelberg Physica-Verlag DB - UniCat KW - Buyer behavior KW - Choix de consommation KW - Comportement d'achat KW - Comportement des consommateurs KW - Comportement du consommateur KW - Consommateurs -- Comportement KW - Consommateurs -- Habitudes KW - Consumenten -- Gedrag KW - Consumentengedrag KW - Consumer behavior KW - Decision making [Consumer ] KW - Ecological marketing KW - Ecomarketing KW - Environmental advertising claims KW - Environmental consumerism KW - Environmental marketing KW - Green marketing KW - Groene marketing KW - Habitudes d'achat KW - Habitudes de consommation KW - Marketing écologique KW - Marketing--Environmental aspects KW - Verbruikers -- Gedrag KW - Verbruikersgedrag KW - Bois de feuillus KW - Hardwood KW - Certification KW - Contrôle de qualité KW - quality controls KW - Consumer behaviour KW - Market research KW - Concurrence économique KW - economic competition KW - Germany KW - Lumber trade KW - Timber KW - Consumers KW - Sustainable forestry KW - Business & Economics KW - Industries KW - Attitudes UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2615594 AB - Boycotting tropical timber reduces its economic value and provides an incentive to burn down forests, making them available for subsequent agricultural use or livestock farming. In contrast, a certification scheme for sustainability produced timber (tropical or non-tropical) protects the forests by raising their economic value. This study examines the impact of a certification scheme on German demand for tropical timber. A partial-equilibrium model is developed for the German tropical timber market as a whole as well as for five important submarkets representing 50% of the total demand. The results reveal that a credible certification scheme can induce a significant expansion of demand for sustainability produced tropical timber. This holds true for a scheme restricted to Germany as well as for an OECD-wide approach. ER -