Factors Determining Citizen’s Attitudes Towards Agri-Environmental Property Rights |
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Authors: | Esperanza Vera-Toscano José A Gómez-Limón Eduardo Moyano Fernando Garrido |
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Institution: | (1) Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados, Consejo Superiorde Investigaciones Científicas (IESA-CSIC), Campo Santo de losMártires, 7, 14004 Cordoba, Spain;(2) Dpto. de Economía Agraria, E.T.S.II.AA. Palencia.Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain |
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Abstract: | The purpose of this paper is to contribute further insights into individuals’ agri-environmental attitudes. In particular,
the empirical analysis focuses on how citizens think agri-environmental property rights should be assigned. This has been
done by surveying how individuals consider the environmental policy should promote the implementation of a group of agri-environmental
measures, allowing us to examine the determinants of individuals’ opinions about this matter. Results indicate that higher
level of income and education support the implementation of obligatory agri-environmental measures with no financial support
(property rights should rest on society) except for measures to improve public access to land for leisure activities and ecological
farming which are seen more of the voluntary kind (property rights should rest on farmers). Additionally, rural residency
has strong significant effect on agri-environmental attitudes as rural residents are more likely to support the implementation
of voluntary (with/without financial support) agri-environmental measures. On the whole, this research proves to be a valuable
tool to identify factors determining individuals’ attitudes towards agri-environmental property rights which can certainly
help policymakers to provide customized, better response to social demands on this matter. |
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Keywords: | Agri-environmental policy Property rights Environmental implications Institutional Economics Citizen’ s attitudes |
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