The aim of this paper is to analytically review the contemporary scientific literature in range management. To this end, we first focus on the ecology and the management of rangelands. Second, we concentrate on the economics and the management of rangelands. Third, we shed light on significant...

This paper studies the spillover effects of rising biofuel production on participation in the Conservation Reserve Program. Landowner participation decisions are modeled using a real options framework. We develop a land use decision model that captures biofuel-driven structural changes in market...

Ex-ante regulations and ex-post liabilities for using a new technology will induce additional costs for adopters. The standard model is advanced by including irreversibility and uncertainty and taking into account transaction costs of negotiating possible cost reductions. The case analysed is...

Benefit and cost uncertainty in provisioning of ecosystem services are investigated in the context of soil carbon sequestration. Multiple parcel-level carbon sequestration options are considered. Uncertainty has been a widely stated reason for not including soil carbon sequestration in the...

The study presents the results of a study of the level of development of the main territorial communities in the country – municipalities, districts, planning regions, for the period 2003-2004 and on this base the differences between them are identified. The necessity of a study of the...

The study discusses the differences in the investment capacity of the Bulgarian municipalities, districts and planning regions. It analyzes and evaluates the ranking and differentiation of the territorial entities by indexes of investment capacity in 2003 and 2004; and the dynamics of the changes in...

An attempt is made to range all municipalities in the country concerning the requirement for achieving a “sustainable” (ecology consistent) development. With the help of a “taxonomic approach” and emission and immission characteristics are outlined groups of municipalities, which create...

We study the spatial expansion of banks in response to banking deregulation in the 1980s and 90s. During this period, large banks expanded rapidly, mostly by adding new branches in new locations, while many small banks exited. We document that large banks sorted into the densest markets, but...

The actuality of global supply chain management increases together with the growing rates of globalization and the extending specialization of organizations which makes them dependant on each other. The ways to increase the effectiveness of material, information, financial and knowledge flows...