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Macro-Economic Impact Assessment of Future Changes in European Marine Ecosystem Services
Bosello, Francesco - 2015
The present research has been developed within the EU FP7 VECTORS project. The main scope of the project (2011 … the EU marine ecosystem in the medium term (2030). We focus on those changes potentially affecting the fishing and the …, as well as the overall impact on environment. Sector-specific economic impacts are channeled through increases in fishing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013026600
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European Forests and Carbon Sequestration Services : An Economic Assessment of Climate Change Impacts
Ding, Helen; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D.; Teelucksingh, Sonja S. - 2015
This paper reports an original economic valuation of the impact of climate change on the provision of forest regulating services in Europe. To the authors’ knowledge the current paper represents the first systematic attempt to estimate human well-being losses with respect to changes in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014197663
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Migrants’ International Transfers and Educational Expenditure : Empirical Evidence from Albania
Cattaneo, Cristina - 2010
The present paper analyses the expenditure behavior of Albanian families. The objective is to cast some light upon the relationship between education expenditure and the volume of remittances, sent from abroad by household members. To assess the existence of an education enhancing effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014197761
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The Decision to Migrate and Social Capital : Evidence from Albania
Cattaneo, Cristina - 2010
The objective of this paper is to determine whether the participation in social organizations, which are commonly defined as a form of social capital, represents a complement or a substitute with respect to emigration. The nature of the relationship depends on the motivations behind the two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014200360
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The Problem of the Commons : Still Unsettled After 100 Years
Stavins, Robert N. - 2010
The problem of the commons is more important to our lives and thus more central to economics than a century ago when Katharine Coman led off the first issue of the American Economic Review. As the U.S. and other economies have grown, the carrying-capacity of the planet - in regard to natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135981
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The Problem of the Commons : Still Unsettled after 100 Years
Stavins, Robert N. - 2010
The problem of the commons is more important to our lives and thus more central to economics than a century ago when Katharine Coman led off the first issue of the American Economic Review. As the U.S. and other economies have grown, the carrying-capacity of the planet - in regard to natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138074
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Modeling Coupled Climate, Ecosystems, and Economic Systems
Brock, William A. - 2015
the environment. This necessitates the development and use of models capable of tracing the main interactions, links and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013019356
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Recreational, Cultural and Aesthetic Services from Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystems
Ghermandi, Andrea; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D.; Portela, Rosimeiry - 2014
The role of economic analysis in guiding the sustainable development of estuarine and coastal ecosystems is investigated based on a comprehensive review of the literature on the valuation of the recreation, cultural and aesthetic services. The implications of the findings for the sustainable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014199291
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The Economic Valuation of Marine Ecosystems
Nunes, Paulo A. L. D.; Ding, Helen; Markandya, Anil - 2009
In a democratic system, policy makers have to take the preferences of the citizens into account. Since we live in a world with scarce resources, one is asked to make choices regarding the use and management of these resources. In this context, if policy makers decide to invest in the protection...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014204019
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Economic Valuation of Forest Ecosystem Services : Methodology and Monetary Estimates
Chiabai, Aline; Travisi, Chiara; Ding, Helen; … - 2009
By using ad hoc value transfer protocols, this paper offers a methodological contribution and provides accurate per hectare estimates of the economic value of some selected ecosystem services for all forest biomes in the world, identified following the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment taxonomy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014208309