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Households' Demand for Higher Environmental Quality: The Case of Russia

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This paper employs the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) to examine changes in Russian households' averting behavior against air and drinking water pollution and their willingness to pay additional money to the federal or local government for cleaner environment over the period 1994–1998. The empirical analysis demonstrates that the households income and the local environmental pollution do influence the respondent's decision on both averting behavior and his or her willingness to pay for cleaner air and drinking water. Also, the individual's life expectancy, living conditions, and knowledge about the negative impact of polluted environment (higher or serious illness thought to be caused by pollution in the respondent's family) are found to be significant determinants of the probability of the willingness to pay for environmental goods.

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  • Blam Inna, 2005. "Households' Demand for Higher Environmental Quality: The Case of Russia," EERC Working Paper Series 05-08e, EERC Research Network, Russia and CIS.
    • Handle: RePEc:eer:wpalle:05-08e
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    Keywords

    Russia; willingness to pay for better higher environmental quality; averting behavior;

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    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling

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