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Cost-benefit analysis and water resources management
Brouwer, Roy (contributor);  … - 2005
1. Introduction -- 2. Economic criteria for water allocation and valuation -- 3. Water as an economic good -- 4. Appraising flood control investments in the UK -- 5. Cost-benefit analysis and flood control policy in the Netherlands -- 6. Cost-benefit analysis of river restoration in Denmark --...
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Handbook of research on cost-benefit analysis
Brent, Robert J. (contributor) - 2009
This Handbook provides an authoritative overview of current research in the field of cost-benefit analysis and is designed as a starting point for those interested in undertaking advanced research. The Handbook contains major contributions to the development of the field, focussing on standard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851374
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Using experimental methods in environmental and resource economics
List, John A. (contributor) - 2006
This book explores frontier work at the intersection of experimental and environmental economics, with cutting edge research provided by premier scholars in the field. The book begins by focusing on improving benefit-cost analysis, which remains the hallmark of public policy decision-making...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851536
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Making the environment count : selected essays of Alan Randall
Randall, Alan - 1999
Making the Environment Count brings together, in one accessible volume, an outstanding selection of Alan Randall's essays published over the past 30 years. It explores ideas on making the environment count from a conceptual perspective and addresses a range of topics pertinent to the study of...
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Environmental policy analysis with limited information : principles and applications of the transfer method
Desvousges, William H.; Johnson, F. Reed; Banzhaf, H. … - 1998
The transfer study, a technique used in cost-benefit analysis, is an increasingly important tool used by government agencies to assess environmental regulatory policy. This innovative book develops protocols for using the transfer method to approach environmental problems and introduces several...
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Cost-benefit analysis and evolutionary computing : optimal scheduling of interactive road projects
Taplin, John H. E. (ed.); Qiu, Min (ed.);  … - 2005
This book systematically addresses the issue of interdependence between road projects in a network, when prioritising and scheduling road expansion and maintenance. The book presents substantial applications for both rural and urban projects and to the optimization of maintenance. The authors...
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Tax policy and uncertainty : modelling debt projections and fiscal sustainability
Ball, Christopher; Creedy, John; Scobie, Grant McDonald - 2020
"Presenting innovative modelling approaches to the analysis of fiscal policy and government debt, this book moves beyond previous models that have relied upon the assumption that various age-specific rates and policy variables remain unchanged when it comes to generating government expenditures...
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Optimal monetary policy under uncertainty
Froyen, Richard T. - 2007
Recently there has been a resurgence of interest in the study of optimal monetary policy under uncertainty. This book provides a thorough survey of the literature that has resulted from this renewed interest. The authors ground recent contributions on the 'science of monetary policy' in the...
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Globalization and the environment : risk assessment and the WTO
Kellow, Aynsley John (contributor);  … - 2001
One of the unforeseen consequences of the WTO agreements has been controversy over risk. This volume explores aspects … of risk with special reference to the WTO, where national instruments to reduce risk may conflict with international … trade rules. The book is divided into sections dealing with: accounting for risk in trade agreements; risk and the WTO …
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Financial risk measurement and management
Diebold, Francis X. - 2012
Edition, McGraw-Hill. -- Lando, D. (2004), Credit Risk Modeling: Theory and Applications, Princeton University Press … Unknowable in Financial Risk Management: Measurement and Theory Advancing Practice, Chapter 1, Princeton, NJ: Princeton …-91 -- William F. Sharpe (1964), 'Capital Asset Prices: A Theory of Market Equilibrium under Conditions of Risk', Journal of Finance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852322