Environmental and Pro-Social Norms: Evidence on Littering

Torgler, Benno; Frey, Bruno S.; Wilson, Clevo

doi:10.2202/1935-1682.1929

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“…Therefore, measures affecting both social and individual norms are proposed (García-Valiñ as et al, 2012). In this regard, authors in other geographical contexts have already pointed out the relevance of both interpersonal trust and institutional trust in environmental behaviour (Jorgensen et al, 2009) and of volunteer-based environmental actions (Torgler et al, 2009). Action should also be taken to improve situations in which pro-environmental behaviour is conditioned by certain attitudinal barriers (mainly related to mobility, transport and public goods).…”

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“…Although today theoretical approaches which include aspects such as pro-social norms, altruism and other values affecting pro-environmental behaviour are gaining in importance (García-Valiñ as, Macintyre, & Torgler, 2012;Torgler, Frey, & Wilson, 2009), the TPB, which is the theoretical basis of this study, mainly reflects the attitudes and perceived possibilities necessary to carry out a specific behaviour. The Value-Belief-Norm theory, for its part, focuses on the values, beliefs and moral norms which determine specific pro-environmental behaviours (Kaiser, Hü bner, & Bogner, 2005).…”

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Improving Pro-environmental Behaviours in Spain. The Role of Attitudes and Socio-demographic and Political Factors

Sánchez

López-Mosquera

Lera‐López

2015

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

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Over the last 30 years, Spain has witnessed great economic growth. Nevertheless, in spite of an increasing degree of environmental concern, environmentally friendly attitudes and behaviours are still clearly below the European average. In this context, this paper analyses the impact of personal control and attitudes, and of certain socio-demographic, economic and political variables in the development of two environmentally friendly behaviours in Spain: consumption and purchase. The data were provided by a survey carried out in 2007 by the Centro de Investigaciones Socioló gicas (Centre for Sociological Research) in Spain. The results show the importance of personal control, level of environmental information, political ideology, age and educational level variables to explaining the development of pro-environmental-related consumption behaviours. Personal attitudes, work situation, female gender and level of environmental information influence pro-environmental purchase behaviour in a positive way. Taking into account that personal attitudes are more determining of pro-environmental purchase than consumption behaviour, policy measures such as informal education, tax measures, social and individual norms and interpersonal and institutional trust are discussed to increase the development of pro-environmental behaviours in Spain.

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Section: Determinants Of Pro-environmental Behaviourmentioning

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Improving Pro-environmental Behaviours in Spain. The Role of Attitudes and Socio-demographic and Political Factors

Sánchez

López-Mosquera

Lera‐López

2015

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

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“…Such perceptions influence whether people will find it fair or unfair to contribute to the common good 'unilaterally' (cf. Frey and Torgler, 2007;Torgler and Schneider, 2005;Torgler et al, 2009;Hammar et al, 2009). It is in other words crucial that authorities can launch appropriate institutional arrangements and policy measures.…”

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Political Trust and Perceptions of the Quality of Institutional Arrangements – how do they influence the public's acceptance of environmental rules

2015

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This paper investigates the relationship between political trust and the acceptability of government regulations in the environmental field. We hypothesise that trust in particular authorities and perceptions of the quality of institutional arrangements are important predictors of rule acceptance, which we assume is important for the long-term legitimacy of the regulatory system. We explore the validity of this hypothesis using the case of homeowners with on-site sewage systems (OSSs), i.e. small-scale systems treating sewage from one or a few households that contribute to eutrophication and data was gathered through a questionnaire sent to randomly selected homeowners with OSS in Sweden. The results support propositions that political trust indeed is an important factor explaining homeowners' acceptability of governmental regulations. Political trust is in turn influenced by homeowners' perceptions of authorities being environmentally effective and impartial when enforcing rules, as well as by positive experiences of authority contacts. Policy makers and officials should thus use trust-building approaches and factors underpinning trust such as those investigated in this study to increase rule acceptance and, in the longer-run, pro-environmental behaviour.

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“…Akerlof, 1980;Lindbeck, 1997;Azar, 2004;Sliwka, 2007) and into a series of empirical investigations (e.g. Goerke and Pannenberg, 2004;Heinemann, 2008;Torgler et al, 2009;Halla et al, 2010), including studies using experimental methods (e.g. Fehr et al, 1998;Alm et al, 1999).…”

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Employed But Still Unhappy? On the Relevance of the Social Work Norm

Chadi¹

2012

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. This series presents research findings based either directly on data from the German SocioEconomic Panel Study (SOEP) or using SOEP data as part of an internationally comparable data set (e.g. CNEF, ECHP, LIS, LWS, CHER/PACO). SOEP is a truly multidisciplinary household panel study covering a wide range of social and behavioral sciences: economics, sociology, psychology, survey methodology, econometrics and applied statistics, educational science, political science, public health, behavioral genetics, demography, geography, and sport science. Terms of use: Documents inThe decision to publish a submission in SOEPpapers is made by a board of editors chosen by the DIW Berlin to represent the wide range of disciplines covered by SOEP. There is no external referee process and papers are either accepted or rejected without revision. Papers appear in this series as works in progress and may also appear elsewhere. They often represent preliminary studies and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be requested from the author directly. AbstractIn the modern welfare state, people who cannot make a living usually receive financial assistance from public funds. Accordingly, the so-called social work norm against living off other people is violated, which may be the reason why the unemployed are so unhappy. If so, however, labour market concepts based on the notion of promoting low-paid jobs that are subsidised if necessary with additional payments would appear far less favourable. It could be that people are employed, but still unhappy. Using German panel data, this paper examines the relevance of the social work norm and finds a significant disutility effect of living off public funds. Although this is true for employed people as well, the results show that the individual is generally better off having a job that requires additional assistance, than having no job at all. On the other hand, such policies as the recent German labour market reforms can trigger undesired side-effects, if policy-makers ignore the issue of the social work norm."We have established a functioning low-wage sector, and, in terms of social benefits, we have placed special emphasis on incentives to take up employment."

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Environmental and Pro-Social Norms: Evidence on Littering

Cited by 33 publications

References 62 publications

Improving Pro-environmental Behaviours in Spain. The Role of Attitudes and Socio-demographic and Political Factors

Improving Pro-environmental Behaviours in Spain. The Role of Attitudes and Socio-demographic and Political Factors

Political Trust and Perceptions of the Quality of Institutional Arrangements – how do they influence the public's acceptance of environmental rules

Employed But Still Unhappy? On the Relevance of the Social Work Norm

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