caa a22 4500 475813103 CHVBK 20180406123802.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1006430601842 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1006430601842 Imkamp Heiner University of Hohenheim, D-70593, Stuttgart, Germany aut The Interest of Consumers in Ecological Product Information Is Growing - Evidence From Two German Surveys [Elektronische Daten] [Heiner Imkamp] In a German survey from 1989, consumers showed less interest in information about ecologically relevant product attributes than could be expected after several years of vivacious discussion in the mass media about ecological problems associated with consumer products and consumer behaviour. However, a replication of the study in 1998 showed a considerable increase of consumer interest in such information. In particular, there is evidence that in comparison to common product quality information, on average consumers rate the relative importance of ecological product information higher, that consumers want product testing agencies to take into account more aspects of products that are related to ecology, that more consumers would prefer reliable standardized ecological information obtainable at the point of purchase, e.g., in the form of eco-labels, and that consumers view an increasing number of products as potentially affected by ecological risks. Finally, the results show that at least for some products, the scope of perceived ecological risks seems to have increased and that consumers generally are becoming concerned with harmful effects of the production and distribution of a product in addition to the effects caused by usage. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 Journal of Consumer Policy Kluwer Academic Publishers 23/2(2000-06-01), 193-202 0168-7034 23:2<193 2000 23 10603 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006430601842 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006430601842 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Imkamp Heiner University of Hohenheim, D-70593, Stuttgart, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Consumer Policy Kluwer Academic Publishers 23/2(2000-06-01), 193-202 0168-7034 23:2<193 2000 23 10603 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer