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Are there income effects on global willingness to pay for biodiversity conservation?
Jacobsen, Jette; Hanley, Nick - 2008
This paper is concerned with the empirical relationship between biodiversity conservation valuesand income. We use random effects panel models to examine the effects of income, and then GDPper capita, on willingness to pay for habitat and biodiversity conservation. In a meta-analysis,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465829
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The Environmental Kuznets Curve: Implications of Non-stationarity
Perman, Roger; Stern, David I - 1999
In this paper, we apply time series techniques for panel data to the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) model. Within the literature that estimates emissions-income relations in the EKC context, little attention has been paid to the time series properties of the data and in particular to whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009451659
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Is There an Environmental Kuznets Curve for Sulfur?
Stern, David I; Auld, Tony; Common, Mick; Sanyal, Kali K - 1998
The environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis proposes that there is an inverted U-shape relation between environmental degradation and income per capita. Various explanations for this phenomenon have been put forward and some authors argue that important explanatory variables are omitted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009451707
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Is de-carbonized development possible? Household emissions and renewable energy in developing countries
Seriño, Moises Neil - 2014
Politische Entscheidungsträger stehen heute vor der Herausforderung, dem Klimawandel zu begegnen, ohne das Entwicklungspotential von Entwicklungsländern einzuschränken. In diesem Zusammenhang trägt diese Arbeit zur Beantwortung der Frage bei, ob Entwicklung ohne höheren CO2-Ausstoß...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010434916
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Economic development and de-carbonization paths: Micro and macro perspectives from Indonesia
Irfany, Mohammad Iqbal - 2014
Die drei Essays dieser Dissertation verbinden Themen der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung und des Klimawandels. Alle Essays erörtern die allgemeine Frage wie steigende Einkommen und Austauschbeziehungen in Umweltfragen verbunden werden können und konzentrieren sich dabei auf CO2 Emissionen als...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011324350
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A Spatiotemporal Fixed Effects Estimation of U.S. State-Level Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Burnett, J. Wesley; Bergstrom, John C. - 2011
within the data have largely been ignored. By ignoring the spatial aspect of pollution emissions past estimates of the EKC … transboundary pollution emissions between neighbors). By ignoring the spatial aspects within the data several past estimates of the … pollution emission regulations. These implications are particularly important for the formulation of national policies related …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444318
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What Do Property Values Really Tell Us? Evidence From Revealed and Stated Preference Studies
Guignet, Dennis - 2011
specified quantitative measures. The first study focuses on LUSTs and groundwater pollution, which is expressed as parts … local air pollution. In my hedonic application I find that LUSTs generally have little effect on home values. I argue that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450652
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Does Better Environmental Performance Affect Revenues, Cost, or Both? Evidence From a Transition Economy
Earnhart, Dietrich; Lizal, Lubomir - 2007
with the substantial regulatory scrutiny exerted by environmental agencies and the primary pollution control approach …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476891
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Which Nutrient Criteria Should States and Tribes Choose to Determine Waterbody Impairment?: Using Science and Judgments to Inform Decision-making
Kenney, Melissa A - 2007
Nutrients are the number one water pollution problem for U.S. lakes, reservoirs, and ponds. Excessive nutrients, such … as nitrogen and phosphorus, lead to eutrophication, a condition that can include low oxygen levels, noxious algal blooms …, and fish kills. Since eutrophication is a condition that manifests itself differently in different systems, there is not a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475372