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Contingent valuation and endangered species : methodological issues and applications
Jakobsson, Kristin M.; Dragun, Andrew K. - 1996
Contingent Valuation and Endangered Species provides a comprehensive and rigorous examination of the contingent valuation method as applied to the profound social problem of biodiversity conservation. The contingent valuation method allows the explicit identification and valuation of the non-use...
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The economics of non-selfish behaviour : decisions to contribute money to public goods
Meier, Stephan - 2006
In standard economic theory human beings are portrayed as selfish money-maximizing actors. This book investigates the … contribute and draws conclusions on how the empirical findings influence economic theory and policy. Academic economists …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474014
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Public goods, redistribution and rent seeking
Tullock, Gordon - 2005
1. Some difficulties in the existing theory of externalities -- 2. Coase and all that -- 3. More on why government …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420087
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Recent developments in public finance
Tanzi, Vito - 2011
Estevadeordal, Brian Frantz and Tam Robert Nguyen (eds), Regional Public Goods: From Theory to Practice, Chapter 1, Washington, DC …, Real Tax Revenue, and the Case for Inflationary Finance: Theory with an Application to Argentina', International Monetary … The Theory of Incentives: The Principal- Agent Model, Chapter 1, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 7 …
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Political economy and public finance : the role of political economy in the theory and practice of public economics
Shibata, Hirofumi (contributor);  … - International Institute of Public Finance <Linz, … - 2002
policy process? And what have we learned about the theory and practice of public finance from three decades of empirical … we learned about the theory and practice of public finance from three decades of empirical research on public choice …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851951
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Redesigning environmental valuation : mixing methods within stated preference techniques
Powe, Neil A. - 2007
Introduction -- Need for public consultation and stated preference -- Stated preference : methods and challenges -- Qualitative methods -- Interpreting stated preference responses -- Investigating sensitivity to scope -- Constructing better preferences? -- Communal nature of stated preference --...
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Economic valuation with stated preference techniques : a manual
Bateman, Ian (contributor) - 2002
This manual offers a detailed, up-to-date explanation of how to carry out economic valuation using stated preference techniques. It is relevant for the application of these techniques to all non-market goods and services including air and water quality; provision of public open space; health care...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851018
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Valuing environmental and natural resources : the econometrics of non-market valuation
Haab, Timothy C. - 2002
Non-market valuation has become a broadly accepted and widely practiced means of measuring the economic values of the environment and natural resources. In this book, the authors provide a guide to the statistical and econometric practices that economists employ in estimating non-market values
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Fiscal policy and environmental welfare : modelling interjurisdictional competition
Bayındır-Upmann, Thorsten - 1998 - Revised version of the author's thesis
In this innovative book the author examines the link between environmental, trade and industrial policies within an interregional setting. He models how regional governments, using tax rates on real capital and pollutant emissions, determine policies to favour their residents in terms of the...
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Advancing public goods
Touffut, Jean-Philippe (contributor) - Cournot Centre for Economic Studies <Paris, France)> / … - 2006
The studies cover topics in the conceptualization, classification and stratification of public goods. Also examined are public institutional design, global economic institutions and partnership typologies. Individual papers address the financing, regulatory, organizational and legal aspects...
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