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Environmentally Unfriendly Consumption Behaviour: Theoretical and Empirical Evidence from Private Motorists in Mexico City
González, Alva; Ángel, Miguel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This dissertation treats the topic of environmentally unfriendly consumption behaviour in relation to air pollution and the use of automobiles in Mexico City by analyzing three related aspects: i) relevant factors of driving patterns, ii) differences in the extent of pollution arising from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008578221
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Heterodox environmental economics: theoretical strands in search of a paradigm
Marletto, Gerardo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Heterodox environmental economics is mainly based on non-mainstream economic theories; more precisely it refers to institutional and Schumpeterian economics. Starting from these theoretical foundations, heterodox environmental economics radically differs from the mainstream approach to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493607
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Learning from the Extreme Poor: Participatory Approaches to Fostering Child Health in Madagascar
Blanchard, Caroline; Godinot, Xavier; Laureau, Chantal; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
summary of a study on access to health care conducted by the International Movement ATD Fourth World in Madagascar, with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837046
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Are Non-state Actors Better Innovators? The Ambiguous Role of Non-state Actors in the Transition Process: The Case of Benin and Madagascar
Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
The focusing on new rules and institutional innovations by the international donor community corresponds to current academic analyses on “weak” or “failing states” in Africa and elsewhere. However, the concentration on externally induced institutional innovations and on the formal sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790220
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The usefulness of aggregate sustainability indicators for policy making: What do they say for Madagascar?
Ollivier, TO - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
sustainability indicators for Madagascar. The chosen indicators are: the Adjusted Net Saving, the Genuine Progress Indicator, and the … sustainability of Madagascar’s recent development. The first one indicates a development path that is not sustainable, whereas the … countries rich in natural resources, such as Madagascar. The Genuine Progress Indicator highlights several social issues but its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005078687
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Articulation of Plural Values in Deliberative Monetary Valuation: Beyond Preference Economisation and Moralisation
Lo, Alex Y.; Spash, Clive L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The use of deliberative methods to assess environmental values in monetary terms has been motivated by the potential for small group discussion to help with preference formation and the inclusion of non-economic values. In this review, two broad approaches are identified: preference...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008923048
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Subjective Well-Being Approach to Environmental Valuation: Evidence for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Beja Jr., Edsel L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The subjective well-being approach to environmental valuation is applied to analyze the valuation of greenhouse gas emissions. Dimensions like population and income are then incorporated into the valuation to get the fairness-adjusted marginal value of emissions. The results indicate that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008784627
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Environmental economic impact assessment in China: Problems and prospects
Lindhjem, Henrik; Hu, Tao; Ma, Zhong; Skjelvik, John Magne - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The use of economic valuation methods to assess environmental impacts of projects and policies has grown considerably in recent years. However, environmental valuation appears to have developed independently of regulations and practice of environmental impact assessment (EIA), despite its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789374
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Testing Kahneman's Attitudinal WTP Hypothesis
Ryan, Anthony M.; Spash, Clive L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
A psychological interpretation of willingness to pay (WTP) bids arising from the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) claims they represent a general contribution towards environmental causes rather than a personal economic valuation. Yet the evidence supporting this contribution model has been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008516593
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Environmental managment without environmental valuation?
Spash, Clive L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1996
There is a rising tendency for environmental economics to be viewed as exclusively concerned with valuing everything in monetary terms and there are certainly some among its ranks whose own self-interest leads them to preach that line in public. However, acceptance of the many valid criticisms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008540984