Benefits of meeting nutrient reduction targets for the Baltic Sea: a contingent valuation study in the nine coastal states

Heini Ahtiainen; Janne Artell; Mikołaj Czajkowski; Berit Hasler; Linus Hasselström; Anni Huhtala; Jürgen Meyerhoff; James C.R. Smart; Tore Söderqvist; Mohammed Hussen Alemu; Daija Angeli; Kim Dahlbo; Vivi Fleming-Lehtinen; Kari Hyytiäinen; Aljona Karlõševa; Yulia Khaleeva; Marie Maar; Louise Martinsen; Tea Nõmmann; Kristine Pakalniete; Ieva Oskolokaite; Daiva Semeniene

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Benefits of meeting nutrient reduction targets for the Baltic Sea: a contingent valuation study in the nine coastal states

Heini Ahtiainen, Janne Artell, Mikołaj Czajkowski, Berit Hasler, Linus Hasselström, Anni Huhtala, Jürgen Meyerhoff, James C.R. Smart, Tore Söderqvist, Mohammed Hussen Alemu, Daija Angeli, Kim Dahlbo, Vivi Fleming-Lehtinen, Kari Hyytiäinen, Aljona Karlõševa, Yulia Khaleeva, Marie Maar, Louise Martinsen, Tea Nõmmann, Kristine PakalnieteIeva Oskolokaite, Daiva Semeniene

Abstract

This paper presents the results of an internationally coordinated contingent valuation study on the benefits of reducing marine eutrophication in the Baltic Sea according to current policy targets. With over 10,500 respondents from the nine coastal states around the sea, we examine public willingness to pay (WTP) for reduced eutrophication and its determinants. There are considerable differences in mean WTP between countries, with Swedes being willing to pay the most and Latvians the least. The aggregate annual WTP is approximately €3600 million. In addition, we find that countries are heterogeneous in terms of the effects of income, attitudes and familiarity on WTP. Income elasticities of WTP are below 1 for all countries, ranging between 0.1 and 0.5. Attitudes and personal experience of eutrophication are important determinants of WTP, but the specific effects differ between countries. The findings can be used in economic analyses for the European Union (EU) Marine Strategy Framework Directive and to justify additional eutrophication reduction measures in the Baltic Sea.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy
Volume	3
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	278-305
Number of pages	28
ISSN	2160-6544
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/21606544.2014.901923
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes

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Ahtiainen, H., Artell, J., Czajkowski, M., Hasler, B., Hasselström, L., Huhtala, A., Meyerhoff, J., Smart, J. C. R., Söderqvist, T., Alemu, M. H., Angeli, D., Dahlbo, K., Fleming-Lehtinen, V., Hyytiäinen, K., Karlõševa, A., Khaleeva, Y., Maar, M., Martinsen, L., Nõmmann, T., ... Semeniene, D. (2014). Benefits of meeting nutrient reduction targets for the Baltic Sea: a contingent valuation study in the nine coastal states. Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, 3(3), 278-305. https://doi.org/10.1080/21606544.2014.901923

Ahtiainen, H, Artell, J, Czajkowski, M, Hasler, B, Hasselström, L, Huhtala, A, Meyerhoff, J, Smart, JCR, Söderqvist, T, Alemu, MH, Angeli, D, Dahlbo, K, Fleming-Lehtinen, V, Hyytiäinen, K, Karlõševa, A, Khaleeva, Y, Maar, M, Martinsen, L, Nõmmann, T, Pakalniete, K, Oskolokaite, I & Semeniene, D 2014, 'Benefits of meeting nutrient reduction targets for the Baltic Sea: a contingent valuation study in the nine coastal states', Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 278-305. https://doi.org/10.1080/21606544.2014.901923

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