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Assessing forest management strategies using a contingent valuation approach and advanced visualisation techniques: A Portuguese case study
Madureira, Lívia; Nunes, Luis C.; Borges, José G.; … - In: Journal of Forest Economics 17 (2011) 4, pp. 399-414
The assessment of alternative forest management strategies should account not only for the private benefits to forest landowners but also for the ecological, environmental and economic benefits valued by society. There are a number of empirical valuation methods that may contribute to that...
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A global analysis of the cost-efficiency of forest carbon sequestration
Grafton, R. Quentin - 2021
), wildfire risk and the avoided GHG emissions from alternative land use. Cost-efficiency also depends on the type of forest …
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Adapting the optimal selective-logging of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stands in NE Spain to increasing CO2 concentrations
Mur, Ruben Javier; Goetz, Renan-Ulrich; Xabadia, Angels; … - In: Journal of Forest Economics 20 (2014) 3, pp. 286-304
Predicted increases in CO2 concentrations will affect forest ecosystems. In particular, they will impact tree growth, which in turn affects reproduction and mortality and consequently, forest planning. This study integrates different climate change scenarios of future biogeochemical processes...
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Assessing non-industrial private forest owners’ attitudes to risk: Do owner and property characteristics matter?
Andersson, Mats - In: Journal of Forest Economics 18 (2012) 1, pp. 3-13
financial risk-taking in forestry decisions. Using a two-period mean-variance setting, the harvesting decisions of NIPF owners … are examined with the aim of measuring their willingness to take risks. Since willingness to pay for reduction of risk is … empirically unobservable, I rely on an index of NIPF owners’ attitudes to risk from a hypothetical survey question involving …
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The effect of ambiguous risk, and coordination on farmers' adaptation to climate change — A framed field experiment
Alpizar, Francisco; Carlsson, Fredrik; Naranjo, Maria A. - In: Ecological Economics 70 (2011) 12, pp. 2317-2326
The risk of losses of income and productive means due to adverse weather can differ significantly among farmers sharing … coffee farmers in Costa Rica. As expected, we find high levels of risk aversion, but even using that as a baseline, we … further find that farmers behave even more cautiously when the setting is characterized by unknown or ambiguous risk (i …
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Valuing environmental conservation in the Asean region: a contingent valuation study of Ulu Temburong national park
Tabrani, Andi; Lawrey, Roger; Pillarisetti, J. Ram - In: Journal of Developing Areas 49 (2015) 1, pp. 381-397
This paper presents an economic valuation of Ulu Temburong National Park, located on the island of Borneo, which has great potential as a repository of biodiversity and an ecotourism destination. The paper employed the contingent valuation (CV) method to estimate the willingness to pay (WTP) of...
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Institutions as a Public Mechanism, Providing Profitability for Forest Owners and Users in the Models of Bulgarian Forest Sector Management
Kolev, Konstantin; Yovkov, Ivan - In: Economic Thought journal (2009) 2, pp. 73-91
The meaning of the categories contradiction and conflict is clarified. On this basis the conclusion is drawn up that contradictions in the different spheres of society are the source of changes in the institutions. The main characteristics of the Prussian and the American model of institutional...
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Dynamic Learning and Context-Dependence in Sequential, Attribute-Based, Stated-Preference Valuation Questions
Holmes, Thomas P.; Boyle, Kevin J. - In: Land Economics 81 (2005) 1
A hybrid stated-preference model is presented that combines the referendum contingent valuation response format with an experimentally designed set of attributes. A sequence of valuation questions is asked to a random sample in a mailout mail-back format. Econometric analysis shows greater...
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Factors Determining Differences in Local Hunting Lease Rates: Insights from Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition
Munn, Ian A.; Hussain, Anwar - In: Land Economics 86 (2010) 1
Factors determining local hunting lease rates, and differences between rates across Mississippi regions, were analyzed using Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition procedures. Per acre rates were 26% greater in west versus east Mississippi. Depending on the decomposition procedure employed, differences in...
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Willingness to contribute to the management of recreational quality on private lands in Finland
Lankia, Tuija; Neuvonen, Marjo; Pouta, Eija; Sievänen, … - In: Journal of Forest Economics 20 (2014) 2, pp. 141-160
In Finland, privately owned nature areas are widely used for recreation due to open public access. However, since landowners are not obligated to take everyman's rights into consideration when making management decisions, the recreational quality of nature areas is not guaranteed for users. We...
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