This paper explores the question whether boundedly rational agents learn to behave optimally when asked to voluntarily contribute to a public good. The decision process of individuals is described by an Evolutionary Algorithm. We find that the contribution level converges towards the Nash...

Contents: Part I: Setting the scene -- 1. Introduction to a research agenda for workplace stress and wellbeing / E. Kevin Kelloway and Cary L. Cooper -- 2. Workplace stress and wellbeing: Pathways for future research advances / James Campbell Quick -- 3. The cost of stress to uk employers and...

1. Issues in water pricing reforms : from getting correct prices to setting appropriate institutions -- 2. Spatial environmental policy -- 3. Environmental equity and the siting of hazardous waste facilities in OECD Countries : evidence and policies -- 4. Strategies to conserve biodiversity --...

1. The management of high seas fisheries resources and the implementation of the UN Fish Stocks Agreement of 1995 -- 2. Choosing environmental risks -- 3. Stability and design of international environmental agreements : the case of transboundary pollution -- 4. Managing environmental risk...

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The literature and research on environmental and resource economics has exploded in recent years. This major annual publication provides a cutting-edge survey of current research by the leading experts in the field. The Yearbook includes contributions on: * climate change policy * general...

The market for residential solid waste management and disposal has experienced dramatic changes over the past 20 years. This collection of outstanding published research examines these changes and thoroughly analyzes the strategies popularized by municipal governments over the past two decades....

1. The incidence of pollution control policies / Ian W.H. Parry ... [et al.] -- 2. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and spatial analysis in resource and environmental economics / Ian Bateman, Wanhong Yang and Peter Boxall -- 3. Disclosure strategies for pollution control / Susmita...

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