Asian tiger mosquito far from home: Assessing the impact of invasive mosquitoes on the French Mediterranean littoral

Ines Chiadmi, Sidnoma Abdoul Aziz Traoré and Jean-Michel Salles ()

Ecological Economics, 2020, vol. 178, issue C

Abstract: •Invasive Asian tiger mosquito both cause nuisance and can transmit serious diseases.•We value these disservices with two stated preferences methods.•The most frequent attitude places the risk of contracting mosquito-borne diseases first.•We identify 3 groups: averse to disease risk, averse to the nuisance, and indifferent.•The main explanatory factors are insecticides and repellents expenditure, housing place and income.

Keywords: Invasive species; Asian tiger mosquito; Contingent valuation method; Discrete choice experiment; Risk and nuisance cost (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106813

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