Willingness to pay for environmental quality: a theoretical problem and its implications

This article reports a test of the hypothesis that stated willingness to pay (WTP) for environmental quality follows a contribution model rather than the purchase model that is more congenial to economic thinking In particular, we examine the ability of the Schwartz norm-activation model of altruism to explain six different WTP assessments The Schwartz model explains stated WTP for environmental quality, except when payments are framed as taxes We suggest that models should presume that both altruistic and egoistic considerations may affect stated WTP and that framing may affect their relative contributions

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Valuing the environment in developing countries: modelling the impact of distrust in public authorities' ability to deliver public services on the citizens' willingness to pay for improved environmental quality

Urban Water Journal ◽

10.1080/1573062x.2012.660958 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 249-258 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Ekin Birol ◽

Sukanya Das

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Willingness To Pay ◽

Environmental Quality ◽

Public Services ◽

Public Authorities ◽

The Impact

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Willingness to Pay For Improved Environmental Quality among Residents Living in Close Proximity to Landfills in Lagos Metropolis, Nigeria

Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management ◽

10.4314/ejesm.v2i3.48263 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

Author(s):

FB Olorunfemi

Keyword(s):

Willingness To Pay ◽

Environmental Quality ◽

Close Proximity

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Awareness and the demand for environmental quality: survey evidence on drinking water in urban India

Environment and Development Economics ◽

10.1017/s1355770x08005020 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 14 (6) ◽

pp. 665-692 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

JYOTSNA JALAN ◽

E. SOMANATHAN ◽

SARASWATA CHAUDHURI

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Developing Countries ◽

Drinking Water ◽

Willingness To Pay ◽

Environmental Quality ◽

Household Survey ◽

Wealth Effects ◽

Adverse Health Effects ◽

Urban India ◽

Purification Methods

ABSTRACTThe demand for environmental quality is often presumed to be low in developing countries due to poverty. Less attention has been paid to the possibility that lack of awareness about adverse health effects of environmental pollution could also keep the demand low. We use a household survey from urban India to estimate the effects of schooling, exposure to mass media, and other measures of awareness on home water purification. We find that these measures of awareness have statistically significant effects on home purification and, therefore, on willingness to pay. These effects are similar in magnitude to the wealth effects. Average costs of different home purification methods are used to generate partial estimates of willingness to pay for better drinking water quality.

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