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文献出处：

JensClausen,BirgitBlä

ttel-Mink2,LorenzErdmann,Christine

Henseling.ContributionofOnlineTradingofUsedGoodstoResourceEfficiency:

AnEmpiricalStudyofeBayUsers[J].Sustainability,2010,2:

10-30.

英文原文

ContributionofOnlineTradingofUsedGoodstoResourceEfficiency:

AnEmpiricalStudyofeBayUsers

JensClausen,BirgitBlä

ttel-Mink,LorenzErdmannandChristineHenseling

Abstract

Thispaperdiscussesthesustainabilityimpact（contributiontosustainability,reductionofadverseenvironmentalimpacts）ofonlinesecond-handtrading.AsurveyofeBayusersshowsthatarelationshipbetweenthetradingofusedgoodsandtheprotectionofnaturalresourcesishardlyrealized.Secondly,theenvironmentalmotivationandthewillingnesstoactinasustainablemannerdifferwidelybetweengroupsofconsumers.Giventheseresultsfromauserperspective,thepapertriestofindsomeobjectivehintsofonlinesecond-handtrading’senvironmentalimpact.Thegreenhousegasemissionsresultingfromtheenergyusedforthetradingtransactionsseemtobeconsiderablylowerthantheemissionsduetothe（avoided）productionofnewgoods.Thepaperconcludeswithasetofrecommendationsforsecond-handtradeand

consumerpolicy.Informationaboutthesustainabilitybenefitsofpurchasingsecond-handgoodsshouldbeincludedingeneralconsumerinformation,andargumentsforchangesinbehaviorshouldbetargetedtodifferentgroupsofconsumers.

Keywords:

onlinemarketplaces;

onlineauctions;

consumer;

electroniccommerce;

usedproducts;

second-handmarket;

sustainableconsumption

1.Introduction

Onlineauctionandtradingplatformsareincreasingtheopportunitiesforsustainableconsumption.Thepotentialofonlinebasedsecond-handtradinglieslargelyintheopportunitytoextendthelifespanofproducts,therebyavoidingadditionalenvironmentalstressesduetothepurchaseofnewgoods.Todate,privatehouseholdsoftenfailedtoexploitthepotentialsforreusingproductsbecauseofhightransactioncosts.Tradeinsecond-handgoodsremainedlimitedtoregionalmarkets.Thesebarriersfrequentlypreventedlocalandregionalusedgoodsmarketsfromattainingcriticalmassandbecomingattractiveforbothbuyersandsellers.Inrecentyears,however,rapidlyincreasinguseoftheInternetandtradingplatforms,suchaseBay,havefundamentallytransformedtheunderlyingconditionsofsuchmarkets.

Onlinemarketshavenotonlysignificantlyincreasedthenumbersofmarketparticipants;

theyhavealsochangedtherolestraditionallyassignedtoconsumersandproducers.Exchangesites,auctionplatforms

andotherInternet-basedtradingmodelswhereusersarenotmerelybuyers,butatthesametime,alsoactivesellersofproductsorservices,haveshiftedtheroleofconsumers.

Againstthisbackground,thisarticleexaminesconsumptionprocessesusingtheexampleofeBay,theworld’slargestonlinetradingplatformforusedgoods,byfocusingonthefollowingquestion:

Whichsustainabilitypotentialsareconnectedwiththeelectronictradingofusedgoods,andhowcanthesepotentialsbeexploited?

Thisquestionliesinthecenteroftheresearchproject“FromConsumertoProsumer—Developmentofnewtradingmechanismsandauctionculturestopromotesustainableconsumption.”Theprojectisintentionallylinkedwithvariousstreamsofresearchandinsights,especiallyconcerningtheintensificationofuse,lifestyleresearch,andlife-cycleassessment,inthefieldsofinformationtechnologyandtelecommunications,andintegratesthemfromtheperspectiveoftheresearchguidingquestion.

Aftergivinganoverviewofthescientificworkonenvironmentalattitudesandbehaviorinthecontextofinternetbasedusedgoodstrading,andanempiricallookoninternetusageinChapter2,theempiricalresultsofanonlinesurveyononlinetradingandsustainabilityarepresentedinChapter3.Chapter4drawsconclusionsfromtheempiricalstudyandChapter5focusesontheecologicalassessmentofusedgoodstrading.Thepaperconcludeswithsomeremarksontheconsequencesofsecond-

handtrade,onlineplatforms,andconsumerpolicy.

2.Internet-BasedUsedGoodsTradingfromaSubjectivePerspectiveSustainability researchers in the social sciences assume that

environmentally-orientedbehaviorissupportedtoanon-negligibledegreebypositiveattitudestowardtheenvironmentandbyknowledgeabouttheenvironment[1-7].Timeandagain,however,representativesurveysofthepopulationprovideevidenceforadiscrepancybetweenconcernaboutincreasingenvironmentaldevastationanditsconsequences,aswellasknowledgeabouttheenvironmentontheonehand,andenvironmentalbehaviorthatisinlinewithsuchknowledgeontheother.Itispossibletoidentifygroupsofindividualswhodisplayenvironmentally-friendlybehavior,butnotthecorres