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Determining the environmental effects of indirect subsidies

Beers, Cees van; Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den; Moor, … - 2004

Up to now a clear theoretical and methodological framework for economic-environmental analysis of environmentally damaging subsidies is lacking. Environmentally damaging subsidies are all kinds of direct and indirect subsidies aimed at achieving a certain (often non-environmental) goal that...

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Geographical economics and the role of pollution on location

Marrewijk, Charles van - 2005

equilibrium framework. We investigate the impact of pollution by focusing on the interaction between location advantages and … negative pollution externalities associated with local production. We distinguish between two goods (food and manufactures) and … activity tends to become less attractive with pollution, and thus less likely. Moreover, we provide a simple necessary and …

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Analysis of environmental costs of mobility due to urban sprawl : a modelling study on Italian cities

Travisi, Chiara M.; Camagni, Roberto; Nijkamp, Peter - 2006

A sound empirical and quantitative analysis on the relationship between different patterns of urban expansion and the environmental or social costs of mobility is rare, and the few studies available provide at best a qualitative discussion of these issues. Some recent tentative studies on the...

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Pesticide risk valuation in empirical economics

Nijkamp, Peter; Travisi, Chiara Maria; Vindigni, Gabriella - 2002

Pesticide use in agriculture poses several risks to both human health and non-target agro-ecosystems. Due to lack of information on the monetary value of reducing pesticide risks, it is difficult to perform an economic analysis that addresses social efficiency of policy and draws conclusions...

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Transport investment appraisal and the environment

Nijkamp, Peter; Ubbels, Barry; Verhoef, Erik T. - 2002

This review considers the role of environmental effects in transport investment appraisal, mainly from the perspective of cost-benefit analysis, the most widely adopted appraisal technique. Although the basic principles of CBA are straightforward, several complications are identified that may...

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