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equations fish traded between Brazil and United States in the period between 1996 and 2006. The variables included in the model … obtained results it can be concluded that the demand and the fish offer are elastic, so that an increase in the price of the … the North American market, the Brazilian fish is considered inferior. Since 2003 the value of Brazilian exports of fish to …
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Water quality trading between point and nonpoint sources is of great interest as an alternative to strict command and control regulations on point sources for achieving water quality goals. The expectation is that trading will reduce the costs of water quality protection, and may speed...
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Although the U.S. Congress established the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program in the original Clean Water Act of 1972, Section 303(d), it did not receive attention until the 1990s. Currently, two methods are available for tracking pollution in the environment and assessing the effectiveness...
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This paper describes a probabilistic assessment of congenital neurological risks associated with consumption of fish … considered with this model: the ``baseline`` scenario (MeHg from fish consumption without local impacts), and the ``impact …`` scenario (baseline plus local power-plant impact on freshwater fish). In this paper, we describe the framework and application …
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--to demonstrate, with specific examples of arsenic, mercury and atrazine, how welfare estimates may vary when a particular behavioral …
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Mercury contamination of the Chesapeake Bay is a concern to health authorities in the region. We evaluate the economic …
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mercury that was expected as a result of the Clean Air Interstate Rule is accelerated substantially as a result of the RGGI … policy, particularly under updating. The cost of complying with SO2, NOx, and mercury rules declines similarly. We find that …
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thresholds for mercury and lead, respectively. This project assesses how the increased TRI reporting for mercury and lead changes … our understanding of the geographic distribution and industry composition of mercury and lead-releasing facilities, as … well as the demographic characteristics of the areas surrounding the facilities. Through a geospatial analysis of mercury …
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This work has the objective of identify the fish operational flows in a rural establishment based on the theory of … agribusinessproductive chains (APC) and using as analysis tool one of the applications of the Filière concept. The fish farm worked … withfingerlings fattening, firstly, and further it developed the activity of fingerlings production, fish rearing and fish …
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This dissertation assesses the evolving structure and performance of the electricity supply industry (ESI) in Queensland following the restructuring and deregulation process undertaken in 1997 and 1998 respectively. This microeconomic reform process essentially replaced a vertically integrated...
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