Nelson, Katherine M., Schlüter, Achim ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0046-7263 and Vance, Colin (2018) Distributional preferences and donation behavior among marine resource users in Wakatobi, Indonesia. Ocean & Coastal Management, 162 . pp. 34-45. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.09.003.

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Abstract

This study examines the effect of distributional preferences on donations of money and time using a field experiment with marine resource users in Indonesia. Individuals participate in a real effort task to earn money and are faced with a donation decision under different treatments – monetary donation, time donation, monetary match, and time match. In the distributional preferences elicitation task we classify individuals' preferences as benevolent, egalitarian, own-money-maximizing, and malevolent. We find that the different distributional preference types are a significant indicator of participants' donation behavior. The people showing malevolent preferences and those who focus only on maximizing their own payoff are less likely to donate any amount compared to those that make egalitarian choices. Furthermore, we find strong evidence that individuals who choose payoff structures characterized as “benevolent” donate a significantly higher amount. We analyze the results econometrically in two stages to better understand the determining factors for whether an individual donates and those factors that determine how much one donates. Practical implications involve developing targeted messages that integrate the resource-users and their needs into the center of local conservation campaigns and goals.

Document Type:	Article
Programme Area:	UNSPECIFIED
Research affiliation:	Social Sciences > Institutional and Behavioural Economics
Refereed:	Yes
Open Access Journal?:	No
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.09.003
ISSN:	09645691
Date Deposited:	05 Jun 2019 14:17
Last Modified:	01 Oct 2020 12:58
URI:	http://cris.leibniz-zmt.de/id/eprint/2017

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