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The purpose of this study was to estimate the economic effects of hunting and fishing activities during the 2001 … conducted to solicit information on 21 hunting and fishing activities during the 2001-2002 season. Total spending by hunters and … estimated at $65.9 million. Hunting expenditures were estimated at $166.4 million, and fishing expenditures were estimated at …
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Macro-economic forces, technological innovations in equipment, abundant wildlife populations, changing participation levels, and land access are all contributing to a changing environment for wildlife managers and outdoor recreationists. Since the late 1970s, numerous studies have periodically...
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The purpose of this study was to estimate the economic effects of hunting and fishing activities during the 2001 … conducted to solicit information on 21 hunting and fishing activities during the 2001-2002 season. Total spending by hunters and … estimated at $65.9 million. Hunting expenditures were estimated at $166.4 million, and fishing expenditures were estimated at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005494040
This study uses a stochastic production frontier to model energy efficiency trends, in 85 countries over a 37 year … and a theoretical model of energy-efficient technology choice. An improvement in a country’s energy efficiency is measured … across countries. The study shows that energy efficiency rises with increasing general total factor productivity. Energy …
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We study the optimal capacity and lifetime of landfills taking into account their sequential nature.Such an optimal … capacity is characterized by the so-called Optimal Capacity Condition.Particular versions of this condition are obtained for … two alternative settings: first, if all the landfills are to have the same capacity, and second, if each of them is …
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.There are no restrictions whatsoever on the processing schedule.The main feature of the model is a capacity restriction, i … each player have an individual capacity for handling jobs, each coalition of cooperating players in fact faces a processing … problem with the coalitional capacity being the sum of the individual capacities of the members.The corresponding processing …
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Humanity is facing its greatest challenge. To produce 70% more food by 2050 without destroying the environment means doing much more with less. Partly due to the abundant food and record-low food prices achieved by the Green Revolution, overseas development assistance for agriculture dropped...
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spelt out, and the appropriate performance-based financial incentives (and related capacity) for forest conservation be …
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A sustainable strategy to nourish the planet and its people must also promote biodiversity conservation. This strategy will have to include reduction in land degradation and unsustainable overuse of fertilisers, pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, and irrigation water. A case can be made for...
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