Tyllianakis, E orcid.org/0000-0002-8604-4770 and Ferrini, S (2021) Personal attitudes and beliefs and willingness to pay to reduce marine plastic pollution in Indonesia. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 173 (B). 113120. p. 113120. ISSN 0025-326X
Abstract
Marine plastic pollution (MPP) is one of the most pressing issues especially for fast-growing economies in the Global South where addressing it involves both government and personal actions to achieve effective waste management policies. Alternative modelling strategies accounting for personal traits and beliefs (latent attitudes) which are unobservable characteristics are frequently overlooked in policy assessment studies. This study combines contingent valuation and latent traits questions to derive the willingness of Indonesian respondents to support MPP mitigation initiatives. One and two-step models are compared to test the sensitivity of results to modelling assumptions. Latent traits help to understand the willingness to pay (WTP) for MPP and one and two-step approaches produce comparable results. On average respondents are willing to pay £15, per person, per year to reduce MPP, or 2% of the average monthly salary. Local and international organizations should consider motivations and latent traits when designing MPP mitigation strategies.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Marine Pollution Bulletin. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Marine plastic pollution; Contingent valuation; Principal Component Analysis; Structural Equation Modelling; New ecological paradigm; Behavioural norms |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 01 Dec 2021 13:39 |
Last Modified: | 11 Nov 2022 01:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113120 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:180617 |