A growing literature in economics uses subjective well-being data collected in surveys as a proxy for utility. Environmental economists have combined these data with the public goods experienced by respondents using a novel non-market valuation approach: the experienced preference approach. In...

Wälder stiften auf verschiedene Weise Nutzen: Sie sind zum Beispiel Lebensraum für Pflanzen und Tiere, filtrieren und speichern Wasser, reinigen die Luft, produzieren Holz und Früchte und werden von vielen Menschen immer intensiver als Erholungsraum genutzt – insbesondere in urban...

With the increasing recognition of the use of reforestation measures as a complement to conventional carbon emissions avoidance technologies it is important to understand the market valuation of local forest carbon sinks for climate change mitigation. We conducted a framed-field experiment among...

One of the major challenges that our world faces today and in the future is human-induced climate change. The primary cause of global warming, leading to climate change, is the burning of fossil fuels for energy and transport, which increases the concentration of greenhouse gases in the...