Journal Article

Prosocial behavior: private contributions to agriculture's impact on the environment

Weaver, R.D. (Pennsylvania State University.)

1996

Overview

Private provision of public environmental benefits is considered with a theory of prosocial behavior that elaborates the roles of nonhedonistic values held by agents as well as the functional interaction between private good and public good production processes. The theory also identifies the conditions under which public environmental goods will be privately supplied and motivates an empirical approach. Models of environmental effort in agriculture are estimated based on a survey of U.S. field crop farmers. Results confirm the role of hedonistic motivation of environmental effort and provide very weak evidence of a role of nonhedonistic values.

• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press,Univ. of Wisconsin Press
• Subject: AFFECTATION DE RESSOURCES / AGRICULTEUR / AGRICULTORES / Agriculture / Altruism / Altruismus / Analysis / ASIGNACION DE RECURSOS / Behavior / COMPORTAMIENTO SOCIAL / COMPORTEMENT SOCIAL / Conservation practices / Corporate social responsibility / Crop management / Crop residue management / CROPS / CULTIVOS / DECISION MAKING / ECONOMIC RESOURCES / ECONOMIC THEORIES / economic theory / Economics / ENCUESTAS SOBRE EXPLOTACIONES / ENQUETE SUR EXPLOITATIONS AGRICOLES / Environment / Environmental aspects / Environmental degradation / ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT / ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION / Environmental technology / EXPLOITATION AGRICOLE / EXPLOTACIONES AGRARIAS / FARM MANAGEMENT / FARM SURVEYS / FARMERS / FARMERS' ATTITUDES / FARMS / FERTILIDAD DEL SUELO / FERTILITE DU SOL / FONCTION DE PRODUCTION / FUNCIONES DE LA PRODUCCION / GESTION DE L'EXPLOITATION AGRICOLE / Hedonism / IMPACT SUR L'ENVIRONNEMENT / IMPACTO AMBIENTAL / LABRANZA / Land economics / Landwirtschaft / MANEJO DE FINCAS / MATHEMATICAL MODELS / MODELE MATHEMATIQUE / MODELOS MATEMATICOS / Motivation / Nutrient management / PENNSYLVANIA / PENNSYLVANIE / PLANTE DE CULTURE / Polls & surveys / Pollution / POLLUTION DE L'EAU / POLUCION DEL AGUA / PRISE DE DECISION / PRIVATE SECTOR / PRODUCCION / PRODUCTION / production economics / PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS / Prosocial behavior / PROTECCION AMBIENTAL / PROTECTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT / Public good / Public goods / PUBLIC SECTOR / RECURSOS ECONOMICOS / RESOURCE ALLOCATION / RESSOURCE ECONOMIQUE / Schätzung / SECTEUR PRIVE / SECTEUR PUBLIC / SECTOR PRIVADO / SECTOR PUBLICO / social behavior / SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR / SOIL FERTILITY / Statistical analysis / Studies / Sustainable agriculture / TEORIAS ECONOMICAS / Theorie / THEORIE ECONOMIQUE / Theory / TILLAGE / TOMA DE DECISIONES / TRAVAIL DU SOL / Umweltschutz / USA / Values / WATER POLLUTION