Focuses on methodological advances within the field of water resource economics and shows how these advances can be applied to the economics of water issues. This book identifies five areas of particular importance - asymmetric information and game theory, uncertainty, space, water quality, and...

Zusammenfassung Dieser Artikel untersucht, inwieweit dynamische Optimierungsmethoden einen substanziellen Beitrag zur Erweiterung des Spektrums umweit- und ressourcenökonomischer Fragestellungen leisten und die Qualität umweit- und ressourcenpolitischer Empfehlungen verbessern können....

As an alternative to the existing environmental policy instruments, recent literature proposes to combine different policy instruments (two-part instruments) which have most of the properties of a first-best Pigouvian tax while minimizing the need for monitoring and enforcement. This article...

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...