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Willingness to Pay for environmental attributes

Ribeiro, Jose Eduardo Carvalho (2023) Willingness to Pay for environmental attributes. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) thesis, University of Kent,. (doi:10.22024/UniKent/01.02.100446) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:100446)

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Abstract

This thesis investigates the consumers' motivations to buy, and estimation of the willingness to pay for, organic food and the environmental attributes associated with it. These attributes include environment friendliness, animal welfare, low chemical usage, health, and quality, all shown to be significant parameters of social welfare. The thesis estimates results from revealed, stated and combined data, addressing the issues associated with single estimations, above all hypothetical bias, collinearity and endogeneity of attributes, and data scale differences. The true reasons why consumers appreciate environmental attributes, and their driving behaviour, are imperative from a marketing, industry and policy perspectives.

Item Type: Thesis (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD))
Thesis advisor: Gschwandtner, Adelina
DOI/Identification number: 10.22024/UniKent/01.02.100446
Uncontrolled keywords: Agricultural Environmental Economics
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Economics
Funders: University of Kent (https://ror.org/00xkeyj56)
SWORD Depositor: System Moodle
Depositing User: System Moodle
Date Deposited: 13 Mar 2023 09:10 UTC
Last Modified: 14 Mar 2023 14:31 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/100446 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Ribeiro, Jose Eduardo Carvalho.

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