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Query: Heterogeneity and Increasing Returns May Drive Socio-Economic
  Transitions   There are clear benefits associated with a particular consumer choice for
many current markets. For example, as we consider here, some products might
carry environmental or `green' benefits. Some consumers might value these
benefits while others do not. However, as evidenced by myriad failed attempts
of environmental products to maintain even a niche market, such benefits do not
necessarily outweigh the extra purchasing cost. The question we pose is, how
can such an initially economically-disadvantaged green product evolve to hold
the greater share of the market? We present a simple mathematical model for the
dynamics of product competition in a heterogeneous consumer population. Our
model preassigns a hierarchy to the products, which designates the consumer
choice when prices are comparable, while prices are dynamically rescaled to
reflect increasing returns to scale. Our approach allows us to model many
scenarios of technology substitution and provides a method for generalizing
market forces. With this model, we begin to forecast irreversible trends
associated with consumer dynamics as well as policies that could be made to
influence transitions

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The categories of this paper are: comp-gas