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Biodiversity Conservation on Private Lands: Information Problems and Regulatory Choices

Lin, Tun; Goeschl, Timo - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2004

This survey paper examines various information insufficiencies in biodiversity conservation and their impact of … information, and 4) monitoring problem. The consequences of these four types of information insufficiencies on the choice of …

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The Fight Against Geography: Malaria and Economic Development in Italian Regions

Percoco, Marco - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011

development by considering it as a source of “intrinsic advantage”. Malaria is considered to be strictly related to poverty and … the several malaria parasites, the worst, Plasmodium falciparum, has infested Italian regions for centuries until the … of malaria eradication in Italian regions. By making use of both macroeconomic and microeconomic data, I found support to …

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Predicting one Shot Play in 2x2 Games Using Beliefs Based on Minimax Regret

Gallice, Andrea - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2006

in one shot 2x2 matching pennies games. As a first step we axiomatically describe players’ beliefs. We find the minimax …

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Religious Organizations

Levy, Gilat; Razin, Ronny - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010

members of the religious organization share similar beliefs and are more likely to cooperate with one another in social … beliefs and participation, the relation between the size of the religion and the intensity of its members’ beliefs, religious …

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Willingness to Pay for Agricultural Environmental Safety: Evidence from a Survey of Milan, Italy, Residents

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

The widespread use of pesticides in agriculture provides a particularly complex pattern of multidimensional negative side-effects, ranging from food safety related effects to the deterioration of farmland ecosystems. The assessment of the economic implications of such negative processes is...

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On the Economics of Rational Self-Medication

Akpalu, Wisdom - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2008

It has been established in the medical literature that self-medicating with imperfect information about either the use …

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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

The use of environmental policy instruments such as eco-labelling and pesticide taxes should preferably be based on disaggregate estimates of the individuals’ willingness to pay (WTP) for pesticide risk reductions. We review the empirical valuation literature dealing with pesticide risk...

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Information v. Energy Efficiency Incentives: Evidence from Residential Electricity Consumption in Maryland

Alberini, Anna; Towe, Charles - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2015

We focus on two utility programs intended to reduce energy usage and the associated CO2 emissions—a home energy audit and rebates on the purchase of high-efficiency air-source heat pumps. We use a unique panel dataset from participating and non-participating households to estimate the average...

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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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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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