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dc.contributor.authorBörger, Tobias
dc.contributor.authorHattam, Caroline
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-30T23:32:05Z
dc.date.available2017-08-30T23:32:05Z
dc.date.issued2017-01-30
dc.identifier.citationBörger , T & Hattam , C 2017 , ' Motivations matter: behavioural determinants of preferences for remote and unfamiliar environmental goods ' , Ecological Economics , vol. 131 , pp. 64-74 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.08.021en
dc.identifier.issn0921-8009
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 245137584
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 6196da80-6e60-4fe6-828b-338113beca72
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 84989891269
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000388248600007
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/11575
dc.descriptionThis study was funded by the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007 – 2013) within the Ocean of Tomorrow call under Grant Agreement No.266445 for the project Vectors of Change in Oceans and Seas Marine Life, Impact on Economic Sectors (VECTORS).en
dc.description.abstractDiscrete choice experiments (DCE) are one of the main methods for the valuation of non-market environmental goods. However, concerns regarding the validity of choice responses obtained in such surveys remain, particularly in surveys dealing with environmental goods remote from and unfamiliar to respondents. This study assesses behavioural determinants of preferences for conservation benefits of a marine protected area on the Dogger Bank, a shallow sandbank in the southern North Sea in an attempt to assess construct validity of survey responses. The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and the Norm Activation Model (NAM) are employed to empirically measure constructs that predict stated choices. The study finds that identified protest respondents score significantly lower on most TPB and NAM components than non-protesters. Results further show that components of both the TPB and the NAM robustly predict choice behaviour. The inclusion of the TPB components improves the predictive power of the estimation model more than the NAM components. In an additional latent class logit model, TPB and NAM components plausibly explain different patterns of WTP for conservation benefits of an offshore marine protected area. These findings support construct validity of stated choice data regarding the valuation of remote and unfamiliar environmental goods.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofEcological Economicsen
dc.rights© 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.08.021en
dc.subjectEnvironmental valuationen
dc.subjectDiscrete choice experimenten
dc.subjectTheory of planned behavioren
dc.subjectNorm activation modelen
dc.subjectLatent class modelen
dc.subjectError component modelen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subjectSDG 14 - Life Below Wateren
dc.titleMotivations matter: behavioural determinants of preferences for remote and unfamiliar environmental goodsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorEuropean Commissionen
dc.description.versionPostprinten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Geography & Sustainable Developmenten
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.08.021
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2017-08-30
dc.identifier.grantnumber266445en


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