Arbeitspapier

Environmental participation and environmental motivation

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.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Nota di Lavoro ; No. 95.2008

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

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Torgler, Benno
García Valiñas, María A.
Macintyre, Alison
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
(where)
Milano
(when)
2008

Handle
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Torgler, Benno
  • García Valiñas, María A.
  • Macintyre, Alison
  • Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)

Time of origin

  • 2008

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