Personal norms of sustainability and their impact on management – The case of rangeland management in semi-arid regions

Roland Olbrich; Martin F. Quaas; Stefan Baumgärtner

Personal norms of sustainability and their impact on management – The case of rangeland management in semi-arid regions

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Personal norms of sustainability and their impact on management – The case of rangeland management in semi-arid regions. / Olbrich, Roland; Quaas, Martin F.; Baumgärtner, Stefan.
Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2011. (Working Paper Series in Economics; Nr. 209).

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abstract = "We empirically study personal norms of sustainability, conceptualized according to the normactivation theory and operationalized under the notion of strong ecological-economic sustainability, for commercial cattle farmers in semi-arid rangelands of Namibia, a system that is subject to extensive degradation. We characterize farmers{\textquoteright} personal norms, study their determinants, and analyze their impact on actual management based on the dual-preferencesmodel. We find personal norms of sustainability that are heterogeneous across farmers, but vary little with socio-demographic or environmental characteristics. We find no evidence for a significant impact of personal norms on actual management behavior, which may be due to farmers not feeling capable for averting adverse long-term consequences of their management. This may contribute to the observed degradation of rangelands in Namibia. ",

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