Publikationsdatum:
2012-03-08
Beschreibung:
Economists have long relied on utilitarian principles in carrying out cost–benefit analysis, but such utilitarianism is typically limited to the well-being of humans. Some prominent philosophers have argued such an approach is unjustifiably speciesist, but what are the consequences of including animal well-being in cost–benefit analysis? This paper considers this question in the context of human altruism towards animals in which people's concerns for the well-being of animals create an externality. After uncovering some conceptual challenges involved in carrying out cost–benefit analysis on animal welfare policies, we report the results of a novel experiment used to measure the public-good value of farm animal welfare, and show that although the average value in our sample is quite large, the result is due to the preferences of only a small subset of the subjects.
Schlagwort(e):
C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior, D61 - Allocative Efficiency
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Cost-Benefit Analysis, D64 - Altruism, Q18 - Agricultural Policy
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Food Policy
Print ISSN:
0165-1587
Digitale ISSN:
1464-3618
Thema:
Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Gartenbau, Fischereiwirtschaft, Hauswirtschaft
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Wirtschaftswissenschaften
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