Satisfaction with environmental change: An empirical analysis of attitudes toward air quality by recent interstate migrants |
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Authors: | Joe B Stevens |
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Institution: | Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA |
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Abstract: | How (and whether) people perceive environmental change is a question which economists have generally chosen to finesse rather than explore. The three components of attitudes (cognitive, affective, behavioral) are identified and a “satisfaction” metric is used to evaluate the nonbehavioral components for recent in-migrants to Oregon. An interaction model is used to relate changes in satisfaction to changes in air quality and to personal characteristics of the migrants. In general, a valid cognitive dimension exists; changes in satisfaction are in fact consistent with changes in air quality data. |
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