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Behavioral and distributional effects of environmental policy
Carraro, Carlo (contributor);  … - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001481180
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Using Field Experiments in Environmental and Resource Economics
List, John A. - 2013
This study showcases the usefulness of field experiments to the study of environmental and resource economics. Our focus pertains to work related to field experiments in the area of 'behavioral' environmental and resource economics. Within this rubric, we discuss research in two areas: those...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459372
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From Growth to Green Growth - a Framework
Hallegatte, Stéphane - 2012
Green growth is about making growth resource-efficient, cleaner and more resilient without slowing it. This paper aims at clarifying this in an analytical framework and proposing foundations for green growth. This framework identifies channels through which green policies can potentially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460817
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How Can Behavioral Economics Inform Non-Market Valuation? An Example from the Preference Reversal Literature
Alevy, Jonathan E. - 2010
evaluation modes, in which stated economic values critically depend on whether the good is valued jointly with others or in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462616
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The Use of Group-Level Approaches to Environmental and Natural Resource Policy
Kotchen, Matthew - 2020
Policies to address environmental and natural resource management are often implemented at the group level. The defining feature of such policies is that penalties or rewards are based on group rather than individual performance, or rights are allocated to a group rather than to individuals....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481725
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Sustainability and the Measurement of Wealth
Arrow, Kenneth J. - 2010
We develop a consistent and comprehensive theoretical framework for assessing whether economic growth is compatible with sustaining well-being over time. The framework focuses on whether a comprehensive measure of wealth - one that accounts for natural capital and human capital as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462059
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The Political Resource Curse
Brollo, Fernanda - 2010
politicians, both with theory and data. The theory is based on a version of the career concerns model of political agency with … implications of the theory and identify the causal effect of larger federal transfers on political corruption and the observed … features of political candidates at the municipal level. In accordance with the predictions of the theory, we find that larger …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462947
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Natural Resource Abundance and Economic Growth
Sachs, Jeffrey D. - 1995
One of the surprising features of modern economic growth is that economies with abundant natural resources have tended to grow less rapidly than natural-resource-scarce economies. In this paper we show that economies with a high ratio of natural resource exports to GDP in 1971 (the base year)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473469
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Property Rights, Regulatory Capture, and Exploitation of Natural Resources
Costello, Christopher - 2015
economically efficient extraction paths - is tested empirically with a novel panel data set from global fisheries. Exploiting the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457807
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The Value of Secure Property Rights : Evidence from Global Fisheries
Grainger, Corbett A. - 2011
these property rights varies substantially owing to differences in design. In fisheries, the design of individual … property rights lead to higher asset values and lower dividend price ratios in ITQ fisheries. This pecuniary effect of property …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461639