Differences in Preferences Towards the Environment: The Impact of a Gender, Age and Parental Effect

By Benno Torgler, M. G. Valiñas, A. Macintyre. 2008

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Marketing

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Citations in the corpus

• German car buyers’ willingness to pay to reduce CO2 emissions (2012, unknown): “However, the results of Torgler et al. (2008) indicate that women have stronger preferences towards the environment.”
• Do renewable electricity policies promote renewable electricity generation? Evidence from panel data (2013, background): “…for environmental quality due to their tendency to be caregivers, to be cooperative, and to feel compassion (Torgler and Garcia-Valinas, 2007; Torgler et al., 2008; Vona et al., 2011); as a result, a higher 5 Generally speaking, the more electricity is generated using renewable ces, the…”
• Gender Difference in Environmental Attitude and Behaviors in Adoption of Energy-Efficient Lighting at Home (2013, background): “Since the 1990s, many studies across countries have indicated significant gender differences in environmental attitudes, consistently showing that women have higher pro-environmental attitudes than men (Heinzle, Kanzig, Nentwich, & Offenberger, 2010; Vinz, 2009; Xiao & Hong, 2010; Zelenzny et al., 2”
• Coding Error or Statistical Embellishment? The Political Economy of Reporting Climate Aid (2011, background): “In their empirical assessment, Torgler, Valinas, and Macintyre (2008) find that older people tend to express less support for general environmental policies, but show even more active engagement for environmental objectives.”
• What's driving energy efficient appliance label awareness and purchase propensity? (2010, background): “However, Torgler et al. (2008) find that the presence of children has no significant impact on parental environmental preferences.”
• Residential Energy-Efficient Technology Adoption, Energy Conservation, Knowledge, and Attitudes: An Analysis of European Countries (2012, background): “10 energy-efficient technologies and conservation behavior, but Torgler et al. (2008) do not”
• Individual characteristics and stated preferences for alternative energy sources and propulsion technologies in vehicles (2012, unknown): “The finding for hydrogen could be considered surprising since empirical environmental consciousness studies mostly find that women have a stronger preference towards the environment and a stronger willingness to contribute (e.g. Torgler et al., 2008).”