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The Determinants of Residential Water Demand Empirical Evidence for a Panel of Italian Municipalities

Mazzanti, Massimiliano; Montini, Anna - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2005

-Romagna, by using municipal panel data. The estimated water demand price elasticity is negative, showing values between -0.99 and … demand studies. The estimation of price elasticity and the investigation on the determinants of water demand are necessary …We present empirical evidence on the determinants of residential water demand for one Italian region, Emilia …

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Economic Valuation of Oceanographic Forecasting Services: A Cost-Benefit Exercise

Chiabai, Aline; Nunes, Paulo A.L.D. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2006

This paper provides an assessment of the economic value of the oceanographic services provided by the Mediterranean operational forecasting system, MFSTEP. The main purpose of this exploratory study is to carry out a cost-benefit analysis for different development scenarios, by comparing the...

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Urban Environmental Health and Sensitive Populations: How Much are the Italians Willing to Pay to Reduce Their Risks?

Alberini, Anna; Chiabai, Aline - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2005

We use contingent valuation to elicit WTP for a reduction in the risk of dying for cardiovascular and respiratory causes, the most important causes of premature mortality associated with heat wave and air pollution, among the Italian public. The purpose of this study is three-fold. First, we...

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The Profile of a “Warm-Glower”: A Note on Consumer’s Behavior and Public Policy Implications

Nunes, Paulo A.L.D.; Onofri, Laura - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2004

The paper focuses on the ongoing debate on non-market valuation, including the valuation environmental goods, and the opportunity to use contingent valuation for policy guidance. In fact, contingent valuation critics argue that reported willingness to pay answers do not reflect real economic...

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Proportionality of Willingness to Pay to Small Risk Changes – The Impact of Attitudinal Factors in Scope Tests

Leiter, Andrea M.; Pruckner, Gerald J. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2006

Sensitivity (proportionality) of willingness to pay to (small) risk changes is often used as a criterion to test for valid measures of economic preferences. In a contingent valuation (CV) study conducted in Austria in February 2005 1,005 respondents were asked their willingness to pay (WTP) for...

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Households’ WTP for the Reliability of Gas Supply

Chou, Wan-Jung; Bigano, Andrea; Hunt, Alistair; … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011

imported supply sources and in light of energy demand for gas that is continuously increasing. Discussions have emphasised …. By contrast, consumers’ demand for the reliability of gas supply is rarely investigated. Hence this study was conducted …

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Controlling for Biases in Primary Valuation Studies: A Meta-analysis of International Coral Reef Values

Abdullah, Sabah; Rosenberger, Randall S. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012

This paper updates the existing meta-analysis in coral reef recreation taking into account the previous work of Brander et al. (2007) but considering some stated preference biases and/or effects. The present meta-analysis uses twice the number of observations as the previous one and sheds more...

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What are Households Willing to Pay for Better Tap Water Quality? A Cross-Country Valuation Study

Beaumais, Olivier; Briand, Anne; Millock, Katrin; … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014

We estimate willingness to pay (WTP) for better quality of tap water on a unique cross-section sample from 10 OECD countries. On the pooled sample, households are willing to pay 7.5% of the median annual water bill to improve the tap water quality. The highest relative WTP for better tap water...

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A Meta-Analysis of the Willingness to Pay for Reductions in Pesticide Risk Exposure

Travisi, Chiara M.; Nijkamp, Peter; Florax, Raymond J. G. M. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2004

80% greater for high risk-levels, as compared to low risk levels. The income elasticity of pesticide risk exposure is … generally positive, although not overly robust. Most results indicate that the demand for human health and environmental safety …

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Willingness to Pay to Reduce Mortality Risks: Evidence from a Three-Country Contingent Valuation Study

Alberini, Anna; Hunt, Alistair; Markandya, Anil - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2004

Valuing a change in the risk of death is a key input into the calculation of the benefits of environmental policies that save lives. Typically such risks are monetized using the Value of a Statistical Life (VSL). Because the majority of the lives saved by environmental policies are those of...

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