The crowding out of complex social goods

Stoeckl, Natalie, Hicks, Christina, Farr, Marina, Grainger, Daniel, Esparon, Michelle, Thomas, Joseph, and Larson, Silva (2018) The crowding out of complex social goods. Ecological Economics, 144. pp. 65-72.

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Abstract

The valuation of ecosystem services to inform natural resource management and development has gained acceptance in many arenas. Yet, contemporary economic valuation is constrained to the appraisal of simple goods that generate benefits that accrue to individuals, neglecting complex goods that generate benefits that accrue to society more broadly. Methodological barriers to the valuation of complex social goods have led to their frequent omission from natural resource management deliberations. The prevailing valuation paradigm that focuses on simple individual goods may erode conservation efforts by crowding out the institutions and behaviours that support socially constructed ecosystem service values. Erosion of these values ultimately harms the environment and society as a whole. The institutionalisation of appropriate methods for estimating the value of complex social goods alongside existing methods for valuing simple individual goods within international conservation, development and policy-making discourses, is therefore an important evolution for sustainable natural resource management.

Item ID: 49791
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1873-6106
Keywords: non-market valuation; cost benefit analysis; individual welfare; social welfare
Funders: Australian Government's National Environmental Science Program (AGNESP), James Cook University (JCU), University of Lancaster (UL)
Projects and Grants: AGNESP project 5.1, AGNESP project 5.3
Date Deposited: 10 Aug 2017 01:32
FoR Codes: 38 ECONOMICS > 3899 Other economics > 389902 Ecological economics @ 100%
SEO Codes: 91 ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK > 9199 Other Economic Framework > 919902 Ecological Economics @ 100%
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