Influence of interventions and internal motivation on Swedish homeowners’ change of on-site sewage systems

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

“…Interestingly, in the case of OSSs, political trust thus influences acceptance of government regulation but not readiness to change OSS, which was primarily influenced by a gain motive (cf. Wallin et al ., ). The results of this study thus suggest that the point where political trust stops having an influence lies somewhere between rule acceptance and readiness to act, and should thus contribute to the overall knowledge of how and under what circumstances political trust affects collective action behaviours (see, e.g., Levi and Stoker, ; Braithwaite and Levi, ; Marien and Hooghe, ).…”

“…Previous studies have investigated factors motivating homeowners’ readiness to change OSS (Wallin et al ., ). Results indicate that readiness to change OSS is low.…”

“…18–19; Tyler, ). According to a previous study homeowners’ trust in political institutions was relatively high, but trust was not found to be an explanatory factor for readiness to change OSS (Wallin et al ., ). That an effect of trust did not come forth contrasts with the results of several previous studies, albeit that these studies targeted dissimilar problem domains (e.g.…”

Combining system dynamics and agent-based modeling to analyze social-ecological interactions—an example from modeling restoration of a shallow lake

“…In the "central enforcement" scenario it is assumed that, after a fixed time lag following the municipal legislation for upgrading OSS, inspectors visit individual house owners which promotes the individual willingness-to-upgrade. In the "social engagement" scenario, we assume that direct knowledge exchange with neighbors and the house owners sense of responsibility to follow the law improves the willingness-toupgrade (Wallin et al, 2013a). So, house owners are more likely to follow the example of their neighbors who already upgraded their OSS.…”

Economic Instruments to Combat Eutrophication: A Survey

“…Motivations of Swedish owners for changing their individual treatment facilities, for achieving a better sewage treatment in order to reduce eutrophication, are examined in [56] by Wallin et al Owners are motivated more by broader benefits (e.g., an improved functioning of their treatment system) and by fairness relative vis-à-vis other owners (that should not be exempted from the same changes), than by environmental concerns. In this context, economic incentives should work, while increased inspections would contribute to a sense of equity in addition to communication means on the merits of such changes.…”