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dc.contributor.authorOlbrich, Rolanden
dc.contributor.authorQuaas, Martin F.en
dc.contributor.authorBaumgärtner, Stefanen
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-24-
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-17T12:54:31Z-
dc.date.available2012-04-17T12:54:31Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/57142-
dc.description.abstractWe 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.isoengen
dc.publisher|aLeuphana Universität Lüneburg, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre |cLüneburgen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWorking Paper Series in Economics |x209en
dc.subject.jelD63en
dc.subject.jelQ12en
dc.subject.jelQ57en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordcommercial cattle farmingen
dc.subject.keywordNamibiaen
dc.subject.keywordnorm-activation theoryen
dc.subject.keywordpersonal normsen
dc.subject.keyworddual-preferences modelen
dc.subject.keywordsemi-arid rangelandsen
dc.subject.keywordsustainabilityen
dc.subject.stwWeidewirtschaften
dc.subject.stwRinderhaltungen
dc.subject.stwLandwirteen
dc.subject.stwUmweltbewusstseinen
dc.subject.stwNachhaltige Entwicklungen
dc.subject.stwLandwirtschaftliche Bodennutzungen
dc.subject.stwBodenbelastungen
dc.subject.stwNamibiaen
dc.titlePersonal norms of sustainability and their impact on management: The case of rangeland management in semi-arid regions-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn666696721en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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