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| DC Field | | Value | | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | | Olbrich, Roland | | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | | Quaas, Martin F. | | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | | Baumgärtner, Stefan | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2011-08-24 | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2012-04-17T12:54:31Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2012-04-17T12:54:31Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2011 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/57142 | | - |
| dc.description.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' personal norms, study their determinants, and analyze their impact on actual management based on the dual-preferences model. 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. | | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | Univ., Inst. für Volkswirtschaftslehre Lüneburg | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics 209 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | D63 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | Q12 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | Q57 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 330 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | commercial cattle farming | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Namibia | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | norm-activation theory | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | personal norms | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | dual-preferences model | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | semi-arid rangelands | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | sustainability | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Weidewirtschaft | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Rinderhaltung | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Landwirte | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Umweltbewusstsein | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Nachhaltige Entwicklung | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Landwirtschaftliche Bodennutzung | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Bodenbelastung | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Namibia | | en_US |
| dc.title | | Personal norms of sustainability and their impact on management: The case of rangeland management in semi-arid regions | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Working Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 666696721 | | en_US |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | en_US |
| Appears in Collections: | | Working Paper Series in Economics, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
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