Subjective Well-Being Approach to Environmental Valuation: Evidence for Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 243-266

  Beja Jr , Edsel L ^a  

^a ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Environmental valuation; Greenhouse gas emissions; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 84867091472     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9899-1     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Alesina, A., Di Tella, R., & MacCulloch, R. (2004). Inequality and happiness: Are Europeans and Americans different? Journal of Public Economics, 88(9-10), 2009-2042.
2. Andrews, F., & Robinson, J. (1991). Measures of subjective well-being. In J. Robinson, P. Shaver, & L. Wrightsman (Eds.), Measures of personality and social psychological attitudes (pp. 61-114). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
3. Baranzini, A., Goldemberg, J., & Speck, S. (2000). A future of carbon taxes. Ecological Economics, 32(3), 395-412.
4. Boyce, J. (2002). The political economy of the environment. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
5. Boyce, J., & Riddle, M. (2007). Cap and divide: How to curb global warming while protecting the incomes of American families. Working paper no. 150. Amherst, MA: Political Economy Research Institute.
6. Brenner, M., Riddle, M., & Boyce, J. (2007). A Chinese sky trust? Distributional impacts of carbon charges and revenue recycling in China. Energy Policy, 35(2), 1771-1784.
7. Cantril, H. (1965). The pattern of human concerns. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
8. Cardenas, M., Mejia, C., & Maro, V. D. (2009). Education and life satisfaction: Perception or reality. In C. Graham & E. Lora (Eds.), Paradox and perception: Measuring quality of life in Latin America (pp. 192-226). Washington, DC: Brookings Institution.
9. Carroll, N., Frijters, P., & Shields, M. (2009). Quantifying the costs of drought: New evidence from life satisfaction data. Journal of Population Economics, 22(2), 445-461.
10. Costa, P., & McCrae, R. (1988). Personality in adulthood: A six-year longitudinal study of self-reports and spouse ratings on the NEO personality inventory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 54(4), 853-863.
11. Deaton, A., Fortson, J., & Tortora, R. (2010). Life (evaluation), HIV/AIDS, and death in Africa. In E. Diener, J. Helliwell, & D. Kahneman (Eds.), International differences in well-being (pp. 105-136). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
12. Di Tella, R., & MacCulloch, R. (2006). Some uses of happiness data in economics. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 20(1), 25-46.
13. Diener, E. (1984). Subjective well-being. Psychological Bulletin, 95(3), 542-575.
14. Diener, E., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2008). Happiness: Unlocking the mysteries of psychological wealth. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing.
15. Diener, E., & Emmons, R. (1985). The independence of positive and negative affect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 47(5), 71-75.
16. Diener, E., Emmons, R., Larsen, R., & Griffin, S. (1985). The satisfaction with life scale. Journal of Personality Assessment, 49(1), 71-75.
17. Diener, E., Kahneman, D., Tov, W., & Arora, R. (2010). Income's association with judgments of life versus feelings. In E. Diener, J. Helliwell, & D. Kahneman (Eds.), International differences in well-being (pp. 3-15). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
18. Diener, E., & Seligman, M. (2004). Beyond money: Toward an economy of well-being. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 5(1), 1-31.
19. Diener, E., & Suh, E. M. (1999). National differences in subjective well-being. In D. Kahneman, E. Diener, & N. Schwartz (Eds.), Well-being: The foundations of hedonic psychology (pp. 434-450). New York, NY: Sage Publications.
20. Easterlin, R. (1974). Does economic growth improve the human lot? Some empirical evidence. In: P. David & M. Reder (Eds.), Nations and households in economic growth: Essays in honor of Moses Abramovitz (pp. 89-125). New York, NY: Academic Press.
21. Ekman, P., Davidson, R., & Friesen, W. (1990). The duchenne smile: Emotional expression and brain physiology II. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 58(2), 342-353.
22. Ferreira, S., & Moro, M. (2010). On the use of subjective well-being data for environmental valuation. Environmental & Resource Economics, 46(3), 249-273.
23. Ferrer-i-Carbonell, A., & Gowdy, J. (2007). Environmental degradation and happiness. Ecological Economics, 60(3), 509-516.
24. Freeman, M. (1993). The measurement of environmental and resource values: Theory and methods. Washington, DC: Resources for the Future.
25. Frey, B., & Stutzer, A. (2002). Happiness and economics. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
26. Frey, B., Stutzer, A., & Luechinger, S. (2010). Life satisfaction approach to environmental valuation. Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2(October), 139-160.
27. Frijters, P., & van Praag, B. (1998). The effects of climate on welfare and well-being in Russia. Climatic Change, 39(1), 61-81.
28. Graham, C. (2011). Adaptation amidst prosperity and adversity: insights from happiness studies around the world. World Bank Research Observer, 26(1), 105-137.
29. Helliwell, J. (2006). Well-being, social capital, and public policy: What's new? Economic Journal, 116(510), C34-C45.
30. Helliwell, J., Barrington-Leigh, C., Harris, A., & Huang, H. (2010). International evidence on the social context of well-being. In E. Diener, J. Helliwell, & D. Kahneman (Eds.), International differences in well-being (pp. 291-327). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
31. Inglehart, R., & Klingemann, H.-D. (2000). Genes, culture, democracy, and happiness. In E. D. E. M. Suh (Ed.), Culture and subjective well-being (pp. 165-183). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
32. International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2007). Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report. Geneva, Switzerland: International Panel on Climate Change.
33. Johansson, P.-O. (1987). Economic theory and the measurement of environmental benefits. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
34. Kahneman, D., & Deaton, A. (2010). High income improves evaluation of life but not emotional well-being. Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, 107(38), 16489-16493.
35. Kahneman, D., & Krueger, A. (2006). Developments in the measurement of subjective well-being. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 20(1), 3-24.
36. Kahneman, D., & Sugden, R. (2005). Experienced utility as a standard of policy evaluation. Environmental & Resource Economics, 32(1), 161-181.
37. Larsen, R., & Fredrickson, B. (1999). Measurement issues in emotion research. In D. Kahneman, E. Diener, & N. Schwartz (Eds.), Well-being: The foundations of hedonic psychology (pp. 40-60). New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
38. Larsen, R. J., & Prizmic, Z. (2008). Regulation of emotional well-being: Overcoming the hedonic treadmill. In M. Eid & R. Larsen (Eds.), The science of subjective well-being (pp. 258-289). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
39. Levinson, A. (2009). Valuing public goods using happiness data: The case of air quality. Working paper no. 15156. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.
40. Lucas, R., Diener, E., & Suh, E. M. (1996). Discriminant validity of well-being measures. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 71(3), 616-628.
41. Luechinger, S. (2009). Valuing air quality using the life satisfaction approach. Economic Journal, 119(536), 482-515.
42. Luechinger, S., & Raschky, P. (2009). Valuing Flood disasters using the life satisfaction approach. Journal of Public Economics, 93(3-4), 620-633.
43. Lykken, D. (1999). Happiness: What studies on twins show us about nature, nurture, and the happiness set-point. New York, NY: Golden Books.
44. Lyubomirsky, S., King, L., & Diener, E. (2005). The benefits of frequent positive affect: Does happiness lead to success. Psychological Bulletin, 131(6), 803-855.
45. Pavot, W., Diener, E., Colvin, R., & Sandvik, E. (1991). Further validation of the satisfaction with life scale: Evidence for the cross-method convergence of well-being measures. Journal of Personality Assessment, 57(1), 149-161.
46. Powdthavee, N. (2010). The happiness equation: The surprising economics of our most valuable asset. London, UK: Icon Books.
47. Sandvik, E., Diener, E., & Seidlitz, L. (1993). Subjective well-being: the convergence and stability of self-report and non-self-report measures. Journal of Personality, 61(3), 317-342.
48. Schkade, D., & Kahneman, D. (1998). Does living in California make people happy? A focusing illusion in judgments of life satisfaction. Psychological Science, 9(5), 340-346.
49. Spash, C. (2002). Greenhouse economics: Value and ethics. London, UK: Earthscan.
50. Stutzer, A., & Frey, B. (2010). Recent advances in the economics of individual subjective well-being. Working paper no. 1520. Basel, Switzerland: Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Basel.
51. van Praag, B., & Baarsma, B. (2005). Using happiness surveys to value intangibles: The case of airport noise. Economic Journal, 115(500), 224-246.
52. Veenhoven, R. (1993). Happiness in nations: Subjective appreciation of life in 56 nations 1946-1992. Rotterdam: Erasmus University Press.
53. Watson, D., Clark, L., & Tellegen, A. (1988). Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: The PANAS scale. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 54(6), 1063-1070.
54. Welsch, H. (2007). Environmental welfare analysis: A life satisfaction approach. Ecological Economics, 62(3-4), 544-551.
55. Welsch, H., & Kühling, J. (2009). Using happiness data for environmental valuation: Issues and applications. Journal of Economic Surveys, 23(2), 385-406.