This paper explores the capability of the state to affect the individual's decision to work for free. For this purpose we combine individual-level data from the European and World Values Survey with macroeconomic and political variables for OECD member countries. Empirically we identify three...

We analyse local compensation payments made to farmers for providing landscape amenities in Alpine tourist communities. These payments result from political bargaining at the municipal level. Panel data estimation shows that the probability of introducing compensation payments depends positively...

Environmental resources are limited and therefore policy-makers have to determine the best allocation of resources amongst competing alternative uses. The question arises of which criteria environmental policy decisions ought to be based. This paper suggests economics to help solve environmental...