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We empirically study personal norms of sustainability, conceptualized according to the norm-activation theory and … operationalized under the notion of strong ecological-economic sustainability. Our case study is commercial cattle farming in semi …
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In this paper I address the question of exactly how to measure biodiversity by reviewing and conceptually comparing ecological and economic measures of biodiversity. It turns out that there are systematic differences between these two classes of measures, which are related to a difference in the...
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While economists have been contributing to the discussion of various aspects of sustainability for decades, it is just … recently that the term sustainability economics was used explicitly in the ecological, environmental, and resource economics … community. Yet, the contributions that use the term sustainability economics do not refer to any explicit definition of the term …
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While economists have been contributing to the discussion of various aspects of sustainability for decades, it is just … recently that the term “sustainability economics” was used explicitly in the ecological, environmental, and resource economics … community. Yet, the contributions that use the term “sustainability economics” do not refer to any explicit definition of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008617002
sustainability. To gather this information for an important ecological-economic system, we conducted a survey of commercial cattle …
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the availability of rain-index insurance affects the sustainability of rangeland management. We show that a rain …-being while not impairing the sustainability of rangeland management. …
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-efficiency across generations and sustainability, i.e. non-decreasing utility over time. Our model includes two salient characteristics … of sustainability problems and policy: (i) temporal irreversibility, i.e. the inability to revise one's past actions; (ii … initially unforeseen sustainability problems become apparent and policy is enacted after irreversible actions were taken, policy …
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-efficiency across generations and sustainability, i.e. non-decreasing utility over time. Our model includes two salient characteristics … of sustainability problems and policy: (i) temporal irreversibility, i.e. the inability to re- vise one’s past actions …”. If initially unforeseen sustainability problems become apparent and policy is enacted after irreversible ac- tions were …
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Two important policy goals in intergenerational problems are Pareto-efficiency and sustainability, i …-off. Our analysis highlights two salient characteristics of sustainability problems and policy: (i) temporal irreversibility, i …-environment systems (“unknown unknowns”). If initially unknown sustainability problems become apparent and policy is enacted after …
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the availability of rain-index insurance affects the sustainability of rangeland management. We show that a rain … not impairing the sustainability of rangeland management. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008514735