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Is the Endangered Species Act Endangering Species?
List, John A. - 2007
We develop theory and present a suite of theoretically consistent empirical measures to explore the extent to which market intervention inadvertently alters resource allocation in a sequentialmove principal/agent game. We showcase our approach empirically by exploring the extent to which the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012778096
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Estimating the Impact of Crop Diversity on Agricultural Productivity in South Africa
Bellora, Cecilia - 2017
Crop biodiversity has the potential to enhance resistance to strains due to biotic and abiotic factors and to improve … crop production and farm revenues. To investigate the effect of crop biodiversity on crop productivity, we build a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012954450
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The Economic Case for Protecting Biodiversity
Heal, Geoffrey M. - 2022
This paper summarizes in non-technical terms the economic case for conserving biodiversity, and explains why we cannot … rely on market forces to do this task. It reviews the policy interventions that could help in biodiversity conservation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014091898
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Happiness on Tap : Piped Water Adoption in Urban Morocco
Devoto, Florencia - 2014
We study the demand for household water connections in urban Morocco, and the effect of such connections on household … subset was offered a simplified procedure to purchase a household connection on credit (at a zero percent interest rate … located fairly close to their homes), household connections did not lead to any improvement in the quality of the water …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013068296
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The Under-Reporting of Transfers in Household Surveys : Its Nature and Consequences
Meyer, Bruce D. - 2010
High rates of understatement are found for many government transfer programs and in many datasets. This understatement has major implications for our understanding of economic well-being and the effects of transfer programs. We provide estimates of the extent of under-reporting for ten transfer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013152093
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New Measures of the Costs of Unemployment : Evidence from the Subjective Well-Being of 3.3 Million Americans
Helliwell, John F. - 2011
four percent decline in household income. We also find evidence indicating that job security is an important channel for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129126
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International Happiness
Blanchflower, David G. - 2011
This paper describes the findings from a new, and intrinsically interdisciplinary, literature on happiness and human well-being. The paper focuses on international evidence. We report the patterns in modern data; we discuss what has been persuasively established and what has not; we suggest paths...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131673
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Life at the Top : The Benefits of Height
Deaton, Angus - 2011
According to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index daily poll of the US population, taller people live better lives, at least on average. They evaluate their lives more favorably, and they are more likely to report a range of positive emotions such as enjoyment and happiness. They are also less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134585
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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/10013135234
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Do Mood Swings Drive Business Cycles and is it Rational?
Beaudry, Paul - 2011
This paper provides new evidence in support of the idea that bouts of optimism and pessimism drive much of US business cycles. In particular, we begin by using sign-restriction based identification schemes to isolate innovations in optimism or pessimism and we document the extent to which such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117561