The impact of justice attitudes on air quality valuation: a study combining factorial survey and choice experiment data

Anna Bartczak, Wiktor Budzinski, Ulf Liebe and Jurgen Meyerhoff
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Ulf Liebe: University of Warwick, Departement of Sociology
Jurgen Meyerhoff: Berlin School of Economics and Law

No 2023-26, Working Papers from Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw

Abstract: In this paper, we investigate the effect of respondents’ attitudes concerning distributive justice in payments on their stated preferences for programmes reducing ambient air pollution in four cities in Poland. By combining two multi-factorial survey experiments, we propose a novel approach of incorporating justice attitudes into non-market valuation. In the first experiment – a factorial survey experiment (FSE) – we record justice attitudes towards payments. In the second experiment – a choice experiment (CE) – we elicit stated preferences for air pollution reduction programmes. As a modelling framework, we employ a hybrid choice model. The same respondents undertook both experiments in separate surveys one to two weeks apart, minimising the likelihood of biased estimates of the effect of justice attitudes on stated preferences. The results indicate a substantial effect of the justice attitude on the stated willingness to pay. The proposed approach could be used for joint modelling of justice attitudes and preferences in a wide range of fields, contributing further insights into their interactions.

Keywords: air pollution; choice experiment; distributive justice attitude; factorial survey experiment; hybrid choice model; willingness to pay (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 I18 Q51 Q53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2023
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