Asian tiger mosquito far from home: Assessing the impact of invasive mosquitoes on the French Mediterranean littoral
•Invasive Asian tiger mosquito both cause nuisance and can transmit serious diseases.•We value these disservices with two stated preferences methods.•The most frequent attitude places the risk of contracting mosquito-borne diseases first.•We identify 3 groups: averse to disease risk, averse to the n...
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Published in | Ecological economics Vol. 178; p. 106813 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Elsevier B.V
01.12.2020
Elsevier |
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Summary: | •Invasive Asian tiger mosquito both cause nuisance and can transmit serious diseases.•We value these disservices with two stated preferences methods.•The most frequent attitude places the risk of contracting mosquito-borne diseases first.•We identify 3 groups: averse to disease risk, averse to the nuisance, and indifferent.•The main explanatory factors are insecticides and repellents expenditure, housing place and income. |
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ISSN: | 0921-8009 1873-6106 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106813 |