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The Determinants of Individuals’ Attitudes Towards Preventing Environmental Damage

This paper investigates empirically the determinants of individuals’ attitudes towards preventing environmental damage in Spain using data from the World Values Survey and European Values Survey for the periods 1990, 1995 and 1999/2000. Compared to many previous studies, we present a richer set of independent variables and found that strongly neglected variables such as political interest and social capital have a strong impact on individuals’ preferences to prevent environmental damage. An interesting aspect in our study is the ability to investigate environmental preferences over time. The results show strong differences over time. Finally, using disaggregated data for Spanish regions, we also find significant regional differences.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Nota di Lavoro ; No. 110.2005

Classification
Wirtschaft
Recreational Aspects of Natural Resources
Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Other Demand
Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
Analysis of Education
Subject
Environment
Regional and time preferences
Political interest
Social capital
Umweltschutz
Meinung
Social Capital
Spanien

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Torgler, Benno
Garcia-Valiñas, Maria A.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
(where)
Milano
(when)
2005

Handle
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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Torgler, Benno
  • Garcia-Valiñas, Maria A.
  • Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)

Time of origin

  • 2005

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