Prof. Dr. Tobias Börger
Tobias co-leads Cluster D: Supply Chain Viability: Effectiveness, Costs to Business and Societal Value with Dmitry Ivanov. Tobias is a professor of economics, specialising in environmental, energy, and resource economics at the Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR Berlin) in Germany, where he also serves as the director of the Berlin Centre for Empirical Economics (BCEE). In addition, Tobias is an honorary professor at the University of Stirling Management School in the UK. His research interests include environmental and resource economics, environmental valuation, and choice modelling. In particular, he specialises in the application and development of valuation methods for non-market environmental goods and services.
Research Areas
- Environmental Valuation
- Cost-Benefit Analysis in the Environmental Sector
- Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital
- Contingent Valuation
- Choice Experiments and Choice Modelling
Selected Publications
Börger T, Glenk K, Meyerhoff J, Rehdanz K (2024) Mitigating cost-vector effects in stated choice experiments using cheap talk and opt-out reminders. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/731886.
Börger T, Hanley N, Johnston RJ, Meginnis K, Ndebele T, Siyal GEA, de Vries F (2024) Equity preferences and abatement cost sharing in international environmental agreements. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 106(1), 416-441.
Börger T, Mmonwa K, Campbell D (2024) Hazardous Hazardous human-wildlife encounters, risk attitudes and the value of shark nets for coastal recreation. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 106(2), 925-945.
Johnston RJ, Börger T, Meginnis K, Hanley N, Ndebele T, Siyal GEA, Beaumont NJ, de Vries F (2024) Consequences of omitting non-lethal wildlife impacts from stated preference scenarios. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 126, 103011.
Börger T, Maccagnan A, White MP, Elliott LR, Taylor T (2023) Was the trip worth it? Consistency between decision and experienced utility assessments of recreational nature visits. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 105(2), 525-545.
Börger T, Abate TG, Aanesen M, Zawojska E (2021) Payment and policy consequentiality in dichotomous choice contingent valuation: Experimental design effects on self-reported perceptions. Land Economics 97(2), 407-424.
Börger T, Quach TKN, Kuhfuss L, Tang TH, Hanley N, Campbell D (2021) Preferences for coastal and marine conservation: Accounting for differences in individual choice set formation. Ecological Economics 180(C), 106885.
Abate TG, Börger T, Aanesen M, Falk-Andersson J, Wyles KJ and Beaumont, N (2020) Valuation of marine plastic pollution in the European Arctic: Applying an integrated choice and latent variable model to contingent valuation. Ecological Economics 169, 106521.
Börger T, Hooper TL, Austen MC, Marcone O, Rendón O (2020) Using stated preference valuation in the offshore environment to support marine planning. Journal of Environmental Management 265, 110520.
Millar N, McLaughlin E, Börger T (2019) The circular economy: Swings and roundabouts? Ecological Economics 158, 11-19.
Börger T (2016) Are fast responses more random? Testing the effect of response time on scale in an online choice experiment. Environmental and Resource Economics 65 (2), 389-413.
Börger T, Hattam C, Burdon D, Atkins JP, Austen MC (2014) Valuing conservation benefits of an offshore marine protected area. Ecological Economics, 108, 229-241.
Börger T (2013) Keeping up appearances: Motivations for socially desirable responding in contingent valuation interviews, Ecological Economics, 87, 155-165.