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Integrated hydro-ecological and economic modeling of environmental flows: Macquarie Marshes, Australia

Akter, Sonia; Grafton, R. Quentin; Merritt, Wendy S. - In: Agricultural Water Management 145 (2014) C, pp. 98-109

This study provides a method to combine hydro-ecological response model outputs and nonmarket economic values of wetland inundation to estimate a unit price of environmental water. We show how an integrated socio-economic and hydro-ecological modelling approach may assist policy makers with...

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Estimating non-market values under scenario and policy ambiguity: the case of climate change mitigation in Australia

Akter, Sonia; Bennett, Jeffrey W. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2009

. Empirical testing of the proposed decision model was carried out in Australia using a dichotomous choice contingent valuation …

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Household perceptions of climate change and preferences for mitigation action: the case of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme in Australia

Akter, Sonia; Bennett, Jeffrey W. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2009

households about their willingness to pay additional household expenses caused by the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS … applied. Results of the study show there is a positive demand to mitigate climate change in Australia resulting from a wish to … household support for the CPRS is influenced by schemes of other major greenhouse gas emitting countries (global co …

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A cognitive psychological approach of analyzing preference uncertainty in contingent valuation

Akter, Sonia; Bennett, Jeffrey W. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2009

Australia in the context of a national ‘Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS)’ to be introduced in 2010. Two separate ordered …

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Household perceptions of climate change and preferences for mitigation action: the case of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme in Australia

Akter, Sonia; Bennett, Jeffrey W. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2009

for their willingness to bear extra household expenditure to support the ‘Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS)’ as …, there is a positive demand for climate change mitigation action in Australia. The main motivation for this positive demand …

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Climate change scepticism and public support for mitigation: evidence from an Australian choice experiment

Ward, Michael B.; Akter, Sonia; Bennett, Jeff - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, … - 2013

Public scepticism surrounding climate change is an obstacle for implementing climate change mitigation measures in many countries. However, very little is known about: (1) the nature and sources of climate change scepticism; and (2) its influence on preferences for climate change mitigation...

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Testing construct validity of verbal versus numerical measures of preference uncertainty in contingent valuation

Akter, Sonia; Bennett, Jeff W - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2010

The numerical certainty scale (NCS) and polychotomous choice (PC) methods are two widely used techniques for measuring preference uncertainty in contingent valuation (CV) studies. The NCS follows a numerical scale and the PC is based on a verbal scale. This paper presents results of two...

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