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Social norms, morals and self-interest as determinants of pro-environment behaviours : the case of household recycling
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dc.contributor.author | Czajkowski, Mikołaj | |
dc.contributor.author | Hanley, Nick | |
dc.contributor.author | Nyborg, Karine | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-09-21T13:40:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-09-21T13:40:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-04 | |
dc.identifier | 218432222 | |
dc.identifier | 4cc1ff39-d1ee-4eda-a276-888430d5d405 | |
dc.identifier | 84940702985 | |
dc.identifier | 000396779300003 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Czajkowski , M , Hanley , N & Nyborg , K 2017 , ' Social norms, morals and self-interest as determinants of pro-environment behaviours : the case of household recycling ' , Environmental and Resource Economics , vol. 66 , no. 4 , pp. 647-670 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-015-9964-3 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0924-6460 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/7517 | |
dc.description | The first author gratefully acknowledges the support of the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the Foundation for Polish Science. | en |
dc.description.abstract | This paper considers the role which selfish, moral and social incentives and pressures play in explaining the extent to which stated choices over pro-environment behaviours vary across individuals. The empirical context is choices over household waste contracts and recycling actions in Poland. A theoretical model is used to show how cost-based motives and the desire for a positive self and social image combine to determine the utility from alternative choices of recycling behaviour. We then describe a discrete choice experiment designed to empirically investigate the effects such drivers have on stated choices. A hybrid logit model is used to link statements over attitudes to recycling to choices, dealing with a potential endogeneity problem caused by the joint effects of un-observables on attitudes and choices. We find that a substantial share of our respondents prefer to sort their waste at home rather than in a central sorting facility. This preference is associated with a moral/intrinsic motivation, involving a belief that sorting at home is more thorough than central sorting. | |
dc.format.extent | 24 | |
dc.format.extent | 519331 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Environmental and Resource Economics | en |
dc.subject | Recycling | en |
dc.subject | Motives of pro-environment behaviour | en |
dc.subject | Social norms | en |
dc.subject | Discrete choice experiment | en |
dc.subject | GE Environmental Sciences | en |
dc.subject | NDAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | GE | en |
dc.title | Social norms, morals and self-interest as determinants of pro-environment behaviours : the case of household recycling | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Geography & Sustainable Development | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-015-9964-3 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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