Environmental Participation and Environmental Motivation

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We explore whether environmental motivation affects environmental behavior by focusing on volunteering. The paper first introduces a theoretical model of volunteering in environmental organizations. In a next step, it tests the hypothesis working with a large micro data set covering 32 countries from both Western and Eastern Europe using several different proxies to measure environmental motivation. Our results indicate that environmental motivation has a strong impact on individuals' voluntary engagement in environmental organizations. A higher level of environmental motivation due to higher environmental moral standards may lead to a stronger voluntary involvement in environmental organizations.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CREMA Working Paper ; No. 2008-19

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Consumer Economics: Theory ; Public Goods ; Tax Evasion and Avoidance ; State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations: Interjurisdictional Differentials and Their Effects ; Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
• Subject: environmental participation ; environmental motivation ; environmental morale ; pro-environmental attitudes ; social capital

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Torgler, Benno ; García-Valiñas, María A. ; Macintyre, Alison
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA)
• (where): Basel
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/214413
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