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Asian tiger mosquito far from home: Assessing the impact of invasive mosquitoes on the French Mediterranean littoral

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Highlights • 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… Click to show full abstract

Highlights • 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.

Keywords: asian tiger; mosquito far; mosquito; far home; tiger mosquito

Journal Title: Ecological Economics
Year Published: 2020

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