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Environmental economists invest in measuring the value of the environment but put less effort toward integrating that value directly into the economy. Experimental economists evaluate the performance of mechanisms to fund public goods but in some cases offer limited insight into practical...
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The direct sale of emission allowances by auction is an emerging characteristic of cap-and-trade programs. This study … experimental setting to investigate the effects of a loose cap environment on a variety of auction types. We find that all auction … formats studied are efficient in allocating emission allowances, but auction revenues tend to be lower relative to competitive …
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This study spatially quantifies hydrological ecosystem services and the production of ecosystem services at the watershed scale. We also investigate the effects of stressors such as land use change, climate change, and choices in land management practices on production of ecosystem services and...
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Anaerobic digesters can provide renewable energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from manure management. Government …
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A mixed-integer linear programming model was formulated to minimize the cost of transport and processing of excess manure in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The results showed that primarily poultry manure was moved out of surplus counties for land application or processing. In the base model,...
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likelihood of the implementation of some form of a carbon emissions policy is increasing. This study estimates the greenhouse gas …
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The 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments required that water utilities send quality reports to customers. We test whether receiving such reports of health violations increases purchases of bottled water using newly released data and disaggregate changes in demand at the intensive and...
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We consider private provision of an environmental public good and the link between voluntary pollution-abatement markets and the optimal level of mandatory environmental regulation. We show that voluntary abatement markets react to the level of mandatory abatement imposed and that an optimal...
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