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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

forecasting products, their needs and satisfaction. As before, we make the use of a survey. Finally, this questionnaire is …

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Can Property Values Capture Changes in Environmental Health Risks? Evidence from a Stated Preference Study in Italy and the UK

Guignet, Dennis; Alberini, Anna - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2013

Hedonic property value models are often used to place a value on localized amenities and disamenities. In practice, however, results may be affected by (i) omitted variable bias and (ii) whether homebuyers and sellers are aware of, and respond to, the assumed environmental measure. In this paper...

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Policy-relevant Assessment Method of Socio-economic Impacts of Floods: An Italian Case Study

Farinosi, Fabio; Carrera, Lorenzo; Maziotis, Alexandros; … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012

This paper estimates the direct and indirect socio-economic impacts of the 2000 flood that took place in the Po river … study is of great interest to those who are interested in estimating the economic impact of flood events. It can also assist … specifically, to help them understand how to reduce social vulnerability to flood events. …

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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

The security of natural gas supply is an important issue for all EU countries due to the region’s heavy dependence on imported supply sources and in light of energy demand for gas that is continuously increasing. Discussions have emphasised strategies for securing the supply at the macro...

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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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Understanding the Consumption Behaviors on Electric Vehicles in China - A Stated Preference Analysis

Wu, Libo; Li, Changhe; Qian, Haoqi; Zhang, ZhongXiang - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2013

This paper examines how the different characteristics of both electric vehicles themselves and the consumers would influence the consumption behavior on electric vehicles. Data collection is based on the questionnaire design using the orthogonal experimental method and large-scale stated...

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