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ABSTRACT:
We explore whether environmental motivation affects environmental behavior by focusing on volunteering. The paper first introduces a theoretical model of volunteering in environmental organizations. In a next step, it tests the hypothesis working with a large micro data set covering 32 countries from both Western and Eastern Europe using several different proxies to measure environmental motivation. Our results indicate that environmental motivation has a strong impact on individuals’ voluntary engagement in environmental organizations. A higher level of environmental motivation due to higher environmental moral standards may lead to a stronger voluntary involvement in environmental organizations.

SUGGESTED CITATION:
Benno Torgler, María A. García Valiñas, and Alison Macintyre, "Environmental Participation and Environmental Motivation" (January 16, 2009). Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers. Working Paper 254.
http://www.bepress.com/feem/paper254