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Multidimensional trust and its impact on the willingness to pay for ecological compensation in China’s transboundary watersheds—taking the largest tributary of the Yellow River as an example

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  • Qi Ni
  • Minjuan Zhao
  • Chaoqiong Li
  • Yuxing Shi
  • Tao Xu
  • Imran Khan

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Transboundary watershed ecological compensation in China is a kind of trust-based cooperation between the upstream and downstream. However, existing research does not further detail multidimensional trust to explore its impact on willingness to pay (WTP). From the perspective of multidimensional trust, it is helpful to clarify the internal motivations for public participation, so as to realize the transformation from current government-led economic incentive mode to normative guidance of effective social behavior. Combined with the specific background of China’s ecological compensation, this study divides the downstream public trust into three dimensions: trust in self-governance capabilities, trust in upstream governance capabilities, and trust in local government. The empirical results show that the downstream trust in their own governance ability has a positive impact on their WTP, and when the downstream trust in the upstream governance capacity, the higher their WTP. Moreover, the more trust the local government, the higher the WTP.

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  • Qi Ni & Minjuan Zhao & Chaoqiong Li & Yuxing Shi & Tao Xu & Imran Khan, 2021. "Multidimensional trust and its impact on the willingness to pay for ecological compensation in China’s transboundary watersheds—taking the largest tributary of the Yellow River as an example," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 64(12), pages 2257-2275, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:64:y:2021:i:12:p:2257-2275
    DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2020.1866510
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    1. Zhiyuan Zhu & Zhikun Mei & Xiyang Xu & Yongzhong Feng & Guangxin Ren, 2022. "Landscape Ecological Risk Assessment Based on Land Use Change in the Yellow River Basin of Shaanxi, China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(15), pages 1-18, August.
    2. Ruikun An & Feng Wang & Jiro Sakurai & Hideki Kitagawa, 2024. "Willing or Not? Rural Residents’ Willingness to Pay for Ecosystem Conservation in Economically Underdeveloped Regions: A Case Study in China’s Qinling National Park," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(6), pages 1-17, March.
    3. Li, Meng & Lu, Shibao & Li, Wei, 2022. "Stakeholders′ ecological-economic compensation of river basin: A multi-stage dynamic game analysis," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).

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