BeckerPeer-reviewed publications
2025
Averbeck P, Börger T, Weiß SB, Knutzen F, Frör O (2025) Aesthetic preferences for forests after climate-change induced disturbance: A discrete choice experiment accounting for temporal evolution of reforestation measures. Landscape and Urban Planning 263, 105455.
Beaumont N, Börger T, Clark J, Hanley N, Johnston RJ, Meginnis K, Stapenhurst C, de Vries F (2025) Cooperative agreement between countries of the North Atlantic Ocean reduces marine plastic pollution but with unequal economic benefits. Communications Earth and Environment 6, 134.
Becker O, Börger T, Meyerhoff J (2025) Sampling of alternatives in spatial in spatial decision contexts with logit and logit mixture models: Simulation and application to freshwater recreation in Germany. Resource and Energy Economics.
Börger T, Glenk K, Meyerhoff J, Rehdanz K (2025) Mitigating cost-vector effects in stated choice experiments using cheap talk and opt-out reminders. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 12(3), 701-737.
Meginnis K, Börger T, de Vries FP, Hanley N, Johnston RJ, Ndebele T, Siyal GEA (2025) Locational dimensions of utility for transboundary pollution: An empirical investigation of common assumptions. Land Economics.
2024
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 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.
Ngoc QTK, Xuan BB, Börger T, Hien TT, Hao TV, Trinh DT, Nghiep VK (2024) Exploring fishers’ pro-environmental behavioral intention and support for policies to combat marine litter in Vietnam. Marine Pollution Bulletin 200, 116143.
Nguyen HDM, Toledo-Gallegos VM, Tran HT, Börger T (2024) Interregional watershed services: Valuation of the benefits of controlled embankment breaches to manage urban flood risk. Water Resources and Economics 48, 100254.
Qari S, Börger T, Lohse T, Meyerhoff J (2024) The value of national defense: Assessing public preferences for defense policy options. European Journal of Political Economy, 102595.
2023
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.
Lecuyer L, Börger T, Calmé S, Schmook B, White R (2023) Cattle ranchers' tolerance to jaguars revealed through a spectrum of intended behaviours across a gradient of losses in a gamified survey-based field experiment. Biological Conservation 285, 110253.
Ngoc QTK, Xuan BB, Börger T, Nguyen ND (2023) The impact of marine litter on production risk and technical efficiency in the trawl fisheries of Vietnam. Marine Resource Economics 38(1), 65-84.
2022
Toledo-Gallegos VM, Nguyen HDM, Tuan TH, Börger T (2022) Valuing ecosystem services and disservices of blue/green infrastructure: Evidence from a choice experiment in Vietnam. Economic Analysis and Policy 75, 114-128.
Xuan BB, Ngoc QTKN, Börger T (2022) Fisher preferences for marine litter interventions in Vietnam. Ecological Economics 200, 107534.
2021
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. (See working paper here)
Börger T, Campbell D, White MP, Elliott LR, Fleming LE, Garrett JK, Hattam C, Hynes S, Lankia T, Taylor T (2021) The value of blue-space recreation and perceived water quality across Europe: A contingent behaviour study. Science of the Total Environment 771(1), 145597.
Börger T, Ngoc QTK, Kuhfuss L, Hien TT, Hanley N, Campbell D (2021) Preferences for coastal and marine conservation in Vietnam: Accounting for differences in individual choice set formation. Ecological Economics 180, 106885.
Toledo-Gallegos VM, Long J, Campbell D, Börger T, Hanley N (2021) Spatial clustering of willigness to pay for ecosystem services. Journal of Agricultural Economics 72(3), 673-697.
2020
Abate TG, Börger T, Aanesen M, Falk-Andersson J, Wyles, KJ, 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.
Hu K, Keenan K, Hale JM, Börger T (2020) The association between city-level air pollution and frailty among the elderly population in China. Health and Place 64, 102362.
2019
Beaumont NJ, Aanesen M, Austen MC, Börger T, Clark JR, Cole M, Hooper T, Lindeque PK, Pascoe C, Wyles KJ (2019) Global ecological, social and economic impacts of marine plastic. Marine Pollution Bulletin 142, 189-195.
Hooper T, Börger T, Langmead O, Marcone O, Rees S, Rendon O, Beaumont NJ, Attrill M, Austen MC (2019) Applying the natural capital approach to decision making for the marine environment, Ecosystem Services 38, 100947.
Millar N, McLaughlin E, Börger T (2019) The circular economy: Swings and roundabouts? Ecological Economics 158, 11-19.
Tinch RD, Beaumont NJ, Sunderland T, Ozdemiroglu E, Barton D, Bowe C, Börger T, Burgess P, Cooper CN, Faccioli M, Failler P, Gkolemi I, Longo A, McVittie A, Morris J, Park J, Ravenscroft N, Schaafsma M, Vause J, Ziv G (2019) Economic valuation of ecosystem goods and services: A review for decision makers, Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy 8 (4), 359-378.
2018
Börger T, Böhnke-Henrichs A, Hattam C, Piwowarczyk J, Schasfoort F, Austen MC (2018) The role of interdisciplinary collaboration for stated preference methods to value marine environmental goods and ecosystem services. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 201, 140-151.
Groeneveld RA, Bartelings H, Börger T, Bosello F, Buisman E, Delpiazzo E, Eboli F, Fernandes JA, Hamon KG, Hattam C, Loureiro M, Nunes PALD, Piwowarczyk J, Schasfoort FE, Simons SL, Walker AN (2018) Economic impacts of marine ecological change: Review and recent contributions of the VECTORS project on European marine waters. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 201, 152-163.
2017
Börger T, Hattam C (2017) Motivations matter: Behavioural determinants of preferences for remote and unfamiliar environmental goods. Ecological Economics 131, 64-74.
2016
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, Broszeit S, Ahtiainen H, Atkins JP, Burdon D, Luisetti T, Murillas A, Oinonen S, Paltriguera L, Roberts L, Uyarra MC, Austen MC (2016) Assessing costs and benefits of measures to achieve Good Environmental Status in European regional seas: Challenges, opportunities and lessons learnt. Frontiers in Marine Science 3 (192).
Börger T, Piwowarczyk J (2016) Assessing non-market benefits of seagrass restoration in the Gulf of Gdansk. Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics 3, Article 1.
Oinonen S, Börger T, Hynes S, Buchs AK, Heiskanen A-S, Hyytiäinen K, Luisetti T, van der Veeren R (2016) The role of economics in ecosystem based management: The case of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive; First lessons learnt and way forward, Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics 2, Article 3.
2015
Ahlheim M, Börger T, Frör O (2015) Replacing rubber plantations by rain forests in Southwest China – Who would gain and how much? Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 187 (2).
Börger T, Hooper TL, Austen MC (2015) Valuation of ecological and amenity impacts of an offshore windfarm as a factor in marine planning, Environmental Science and Policy, 54, 126-133.
Hattam C, Atkins JP, Beaumont N, Börger T, Böhnke-Henrichs A, Burdon D, de Groot D, Hoefnagel E, Nunes P, Piwowarczyk J, Sastre S, Austen MC (2015) Marine ecosystem services: Linking indicators to their classification, Ecological Indicators 49, 61-75.
Hattam C, Böhnke-Henrichs A, Börger T, Burdon D, Hadjimichael M, Delaney A, Atkins JP, Garrard S, Austen MC (2015) Integrating methods for ecosystem service assessment and valuation: Mixed methods or mixed messages? Ecological Economics 120, 126-138.
2014
Börger T, Beaumont NJ, Pendleton L, Boyle KJ, Cooper P, Fletcher S, Haab T, Hanemann M, Hooper TL, Hussain SS, Portela R, Stithou M, Stockill J, Taylor T, Austen MC (2014) Incorporating ecosystem services in marine planning: The role of valuation, Marine Policy, 46, 161-170.
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.
2013
Ahlheim M, Börger T, Frör O. (2013) The effects of extrinsic incentives on respondent behaviour in contingent valuation studies, Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2 (1), 45-70.
Börger T (2013) Keeping up appearances: Motivations for socially desirable responding in contingent valuation interviews, Ecological Economics, 87, 155-165.
Working papers
von Jorck G, Börger T, Ghirardello L, Meyerhoff J, Praetorius B (2024) The impact of work arrangements on work location choice. Preprint available at SSRN. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4935071.
Antinori CM, Börger T, King P, Peterson M (2024) Normal for whom? Exploring socio-economic variation in a travel cost analysis of urban shoreline fishing. Preprint available at SSRN. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5077230 .
de Vries F, Beaumont N, Börger T, Clark J, Hanley N, Johnston R, Meginnis K, Stapenhurst C (2023) Significant benefits from international cooperation over marine plastic pollution. Research Square. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3328986/v2 .
Qari S, Börger T, Lohse T, Meyerhoff J (2023) The value of national defense: Assessing public preferences for defense policy options. CESifo Working Paper 10872.
Meginnis K, Börger T, Hanley N, Johnston R, Ndebele T, Siyal GEA (2022) Where are transboundary pollution reductions most valued? Evidence from a bilateral choice experiment on marine plastic reductions. Discussion Papers in Environmental and One Health Economics 2022-02, University of Glasgow .
Reports
Börger T, Hooper T, Marcone O, Rendón O, Langmead O, Rees S Austen M (2019) Monetary valuation of subtidal sediments in England’s Marine Plan Areas. Application of the natural capital approach to the marine environment to aid decision-making. Phase 2 Final Report. Report prepared for the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (project code ME5115). Available here.
Hooper T, Langmead O, Marcone O, Rees S, Rendón O, Börger T, Beaumont N, Attrill M, Austen M (2019) Application of the natural capital approach to the marine environment to aid decision-making. Report prepared for the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (project code ME5115). Available here.
Other publications
Lohse T, Börger T, Meyerhoff J, Qari S (2025) Steigerung der Verteidigungsfähigkeit Deutschlands: Optionen, Finanzierung und Effizienzsteigerung. Wirtschaftsdienst 105(4), 226-230.
Lohse T, Börger T, Meyerhoff J, Qari S (2023) Der Wert von Sicherheit und nationaler Verteidigung. Wirtschaftsdienst 103(6), 394-399.
Austen MC, Hattam C, Börger T (2015) Ecosystem services and benefits from marine ecosystems. In: Crowe TP, Frid CLJ (eds) Marine ecosystems. Human impacts on biodiversity, functioning and services. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 21-41.
Börger T (2012) Social desirability and environmental valuation. Peter Lang, Frankfurt.