ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EU CITIZENS’ PROENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EU CITIZENS’ PROENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES
Author(s): Adina Nicoleta Candrea, Elena N. UntaruSubject(s): Economy
Published by: Fundatia Română pentru Inteligenta Afacerii
Keywords: multiple regression;; cluster analysis; principal component analysis; pro-environmental attitudes; economic development
Summary/Abstract: The present paper aims to determine the influence of EU member countries’ economic development on their citizens’ pro-environmental attitudes, using a Cluster Analysis, a Principal Components Analysis and a series of multiple regressions. In this sense, we have used the results of the 2012 survey on the „Attitudes of Europeans towards building the single market for green products”, as well as the 2012 statistical information referring to EU member countries’ economic development, provided by Eurostat. Using multiple regression analyses, we have outlined a significant influence of macroeconomic variables, such as: the employment rate, tertiary educational attainment, GDP per capita, human development index value, unemployment rate, share of gross value added in services and share of employment in services on European citizens’ pro-environmental attitudes.
Journal: Cross-Cultural Management Journal
- Issue Year: XVI/2014
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 351-360
- Page Count: 10