The influence of social relationships on pro-environment behaviors

Videras, Julio; Owen, Ann L.; Conover, Emily; Wu, Stephen

doi:10.1016/j.jeem.2011.07.006

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“…Kotchen and Moore (2008) show that members of an environmental organization consume almost 10% less conventional electricity and are more likely to participate in green-electricity programs. Videras et al (2012) find behaviors like the consumption of fair trade products or recycling activities to be positively correlated with an environmentalist identity. Evidence on the effects of warm glow in the context of climate protection activities is ambiguous.…”

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Offset carbon emissions or pay a price premium for avoiding them? A cross-country analysis of motives for climate protection activities

Schwirplies

Ziegler

2015

Applied Economics

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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. www.econstor.eu Terms of use: Documents in AbstractThis paper contributes to the economic literature on pure and impure public goods by considering two alternatives for contributing to the public good climate protection: compensating carbon emissions from conventional consumption or paying higher prices for climate-friendly products. We analytically and empirically examine a wide range of motives and their impact on individuals' choice in favor of these two alternatives. Relying on data from representative surveys among more than 2000 participants from Germany and the USA, our results indicate that environmental awareness, warm glow motives, and the desire to set a good example significantly motivate the choice of both climate protection activities in both countries. However, some motives differ considerably between both alternatives and countries. A green identity enhances the willingness to pay a price premium for climate-friendly goods or services in Germany, while social norms seem to be of much higher relevance in the USA. Our results further suggest that the choice of climate protection activities, especially of carbon offsetting, entails a high degree of uncertainty.

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confidence: 91%

Offset carbon emissions or pay a price premium for avoiding them? A cross-country analysis of motives for climate protection activities

Schwirplies

Ziegler

2015

Applied Economics

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“…Kurz et al (2007) show that a proxy for "sense of community" is closely related to engagement with recycling in Northern Ireland; whilst Videras et al (2012) find that, for a sample of 452 US households, intensity and strength of social ties, and pro-environment community norms, are linked to recycling behaviour: "…individuals who have strong connections with neighbours and who think most neighbours do things to help the environment are more likely to recycle" (p.42). Links to "green" family networks also make recycling behaviour more likely.…”

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We want to sort! Assessing households’ preferences for sorting waste

Czajkowski

Kądziela

Hanley

2014

Resource and Energy Economics

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There are two major ways in which solid waste can be sorted and recycled -at the household level, when households are required to sort waste into a given number of categories, or in specialized sorting facilities. Traditionally, it has been thought that sorting at the household level is an inconvenience, as it uses space and requires time and consideration. Our study provides empirical evidence to the contrary. Through a carefully designed choice experiment we collected stated choices of the members of a Polish municipalities with respect to the way their waste is sorted and how often it is collected. In the scenario of our study, respondents were informed that the waste will be sorted anyway -if not at the household level than at a specialized sorting facility. Interestingly, analysis of the preferences of members of the general public shows, that people are willing to sort waste at the household level, even if unsorted waste would be collected at no extra cost. We calculate maximum willingness to pay for collecting sorted vs. unsorted waste, as well for increased frequency of collection. Overall, our results provide encouraging evidence that most people prefer to sort waste themselves if given the choice, and thus demonstrate their pro-environment preferences, even without economic incentives to do so. JEL codes Q51, Q53, D12

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“…Pro-environmental behavior is measured on a scale adapted from Dono, Webb, and Richardson (2010), Videras, Owen, Conover, and Wu (2012), as well as Markle (2013). This scale consists of 26 items.…”

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An Investigation on Cynicism and Environmental Self-Efficacy as Predictors of Pro-Environmental Behavior

Abraham¹,

Pane²,

Chairiyani³

2015

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Environmental problem is one of the biggest problems that threatens human life. Human behavior has long been known to play an important role in maintaining and improving environmental sustainability. Psychological studies investigating predictors of pro-environmental behavior have been carried out, but no studies link it with cynicism and self-efficacy simultaneously. This study design was predictive correlational and data analysis technique employed was multiple linear regression analysis. Participants of this study were 205 undergraduate students in Jakarta (132 males, 73 females; Mage = 19.68 years old; SDage = 0.849 years) taken using convenience sampling technique. This study found that cynicism and environmental self-efficacy are able to predict proenvironmental behavior in positive directions. This study suggests revising the measurement instrument of cynicism.

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The influence of social relationships on pro-environment behaviors

Cited by 141 publications

References 41 publications

Offset carbon emissions or pay a price premium for avoiding them? A cross-country analysis of motives for climate protection activities

Offset carbon emissions or pay a price premium for avoiding them? A cross-country analysis of motives for climate protection activities

We want to sort! Assessing households’ preferences for sorting waste

An Investigation on Cynicism and Environmental Self-Efficacy as Predictors of Pro-Environmental Behavior

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