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The Value of Native Bird Conservation: A New Zealand Case Study

Kaval, Pamela; Roskruge, Matthew - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2009

During December 2007 and January 2008, telephone surveys were used to randomly sample Waikato, New Zealand residents. The purpose of the surveys was to determine whether respondents valued native bird conservation programmes in their area. We elicited the contingent valuation approach to...

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New Zealand Outdoor Recreation Benefits

Kaval, Pamela; Yao, Richard - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2007

Millions of people participate in outdoor recreation activities in New Zealand every year. Economic recreation studies in the country concentrate mostly on market values. Market values only present part of the outdoor recreation benefit; while non-market values represent the other part. In this...

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The Demographic Implications of Climate Change for Aotearoa New Zealand: A Review

Cameron, Michael P. - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2013

internal migration changes, with smaller but still significant effects on international migration and mortality rates. …

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A Stochastic Sub-national Population Projection Methodology with an Application to the Waikato Region of New Zealand

Cameron, Michael P.; Poot, Jacques - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2010

instability of migration as a component of population change. Unlike the standard cohort-component methodology, in which net … migration levels are projected, the key parameters of our stochastic methodology are age-gender-area specific net migration … by net migration. Generally, the identified and modelled uncertainty makes the traditional ‘mid range’ scenario of sub …

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The New Zealand Population: A Synopsis of Trends and Projections 1991-2016

Baxendine, Sandra; Cochrane, Bill; Dharmalingam, A.; … - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2005

population size and age structure, sub-national population size and change, international migration, ethnicity, families and …

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New Zealand Regions, 1986-2001: Population Dynamics

Pool, Ian; Baxendine, Sandra; Cochrane, William; … - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2005

different factors: fertility, mortality and migration. A fourth factor that is often related, momentum, is analysed in a … increase (births and deaths) and migration, both domestic and international. We first present a review of population flows, and … then disaggregate these into their components; natural increase and net migration, so as to provide a demographic …

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Description and Spatial Analysis of Employment Change in New Zealand Regions 1986-2001

Poot, Jacques; Cochrane, Bill; Baxendine, Sandra - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2005

clearly linked with net inward migration. There is also evidence of significantly positive spatial autocorrelation in the …

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Non Market Valuation in New Zealand:1974 through 2005

Yao, Richard; Kaval, Pamela - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2007

Non-market valuation (NMV) is recognized as an essential tool in policy decision making worldwide. In this paper, we investigate the history of NMV, specifically in relation to New Zealand (NZ), by compiling and analyzing all available published studies. Results show a significant increase in...

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Valuing Animal Genetic Resources: A Choice Modeling Application to Indigenous Cattle in Kenya

Ruto, Eric; Garrod, Guy; Scarpa, Riccardo - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2007

In an effort to improve productivity and profits many farmers have replaced traditional livestock breeds with higher yielding alternatives. While such changes may bring about short-term economic gains, the loss of traditional livestock breeds could result in the loss of an important genetic...

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Using flexible taste distributions to value collective reputation for environmentally-friendly production methods

Scarpa, Ricardo; Thiene, Mara; Marangon, Francesco - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2007

In this paper we investigate consumer preferences for various environmentally-friendly production systems for carrots. We use discrete-choice multi-attribute stated-preference data to explore the effect of the collective reputation of growers from an Alpine valley with an established reputation...

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