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Existence value, biodiversity, and the utilitarian dilemma
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Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ
Abstract Existence value has been argued to be a significant part of the total economic value of some ecosystems. However, its compatibility with the welfare economic foundations of economic valuation is very limited – it is difficult to logically conceive of changes in existence. Moreover, when applied to b... mehr
Existence value has been argued to be a significant part of the total economic value of some ecosystems. However, its compatibility with the welfare economic foundations of economic valuation is very limited – it is difficult to logically conceive of changes in existence. Moreover, when applied to biodiversity, the concept of existence value gives rise to an instance of a more fundamental problem of economic valuation, termed here the utilitarian dilemma: it can be argued conceptually that biodiversity cannot have existence value; yet the results of empirical studies suggest that people in stated preference studies can be expected to assign existence value to it. The utilitarian dilemma arises as the analysing economist must deal somehow with ‘erroneous’ preferences. There seems to be no simple solution to the dilemma, but deliberative monetary valuation has the potential to alleviate it.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Biodiversität; ökologisches System; ökonomischer Wert; Bewertung; Wohlfahrtsökonomie; Utilitarismus; Werttheorie; Umweltethik
Klassifikation
Ökologie und Umwelt
Freie Schlagwörter
axiology; existence value
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2017
Erscheinungsort
Leipzig
Seitenangabe
17 S.
Schriftenreihe
UFZ Discussion Papers, 2/2017
ISSN
1436-140X
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht-kommerz., Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen