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dc.contributor.author | Olbrich, Roland | en |
dc.contributor.author | Quaas, Martin F. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Baumgärtner, Stefan | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-08-24 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-04-17T12:54:31Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-04-17T12:54:31Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | - |
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 |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aLeuphana Universität Lüneburg, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre |cLüneburg | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aWorking Paper Series in Economics |x209 | en |
dc.subject.jel | D63 | en |
dc.subject.jel | Q12 | en |
dc.subject.jel | Q57 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | commercial cattle farming | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Namibia | en |
dc.subject.keyword | norm-activation theory | en |
dc.subject.keyword | personal norms | en |
dc.subject.keyword | dual-preferences model | en |
dc.subject.keyword | semi-arid rangelands | en |
dc.subject.keyword | sustainability | en |
dc.subject.stw | Weidewirtschaft | en |
dc.subject.stw | Rinderhaltung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Landwirte | en |
dc.subject.stw | Umweltbewusstsein | en |
dc.subject.stw | Nachhaltige Entwicklung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Landwirtschaftliche Bodennutzung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Bodenbelastung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Namibia | en |
dc.title | Personal norms of sustainability and their impact on management: The case of rangeland management in semi-arid regions | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 666696721 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
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