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The role of landscape amenities in regional development : a survey of migration, regional economic and hedonic pricing studies
Waltert, Fabian; Schläpfer, Felix - 2007
functions. Using this definition we identify thirty-nine relevant studies that use either migration or regional economic models … or hedonic pricing techniques. One result from the analysis of migration and regional economic studies is that intra … coordination of regional and environmental policies. -- landscape amenities ; migration ; local development ; hedonic models …
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General equilibrium approach consistent with travel cost method for economic evaluation of Beach erosion by climate change
Nakajima, Kazunori; Sakamoto, Naoki - 2013
Numerous attempts have been made to evaluate economic impacts by climate change, and the evaluation method can be classified into two approaches. One is a partial equilibrium approach and the other is a general equilibrium approach. The former method includes a travel cost method (TCM) and a...
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Combining Actual and Contingent Behavior to Estimate the Value of Sports Fishing in the Lagoon of Venice
Alberini, Anna; Zanatta, Valentina; Rosato, Paolo - 2005
This paper reports the results of a Travel Cost Method (TCM) study about the recreational use of the Lagoon of Venice for sports fishing. In April-July 2002, we conducted a mail survey of anglers with valid licenses fishing on the Lagoon of Venice to gather data on their fishing trips, behaviors...
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Chapter 7. Regional Computable General Equilibrium Modeling
Giesecke, James A.; Madden, John R. - In: Handbook of computable general equilibrium modeling : …, (pp. 379-475). 2013
Over the past three decades the field of regional computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling has flourished, growing from a handful of top-down, single-region and low-dimensioned multiregional models, to a mature field, in which output of large-scale general-purpose multiregional CGE models...
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Surfing a Wave of Economic Growth
McGregor, Thomas - 2017
We investigate whether the geographic determinants of growth extend to natural amenities. We combine data on spatial and temporal variation in the quality of over 5000 surf breaks globally with data on local economic performance, proxied by night-time lights. We document a strong association...
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Pollution and Weather Trade-offs for Endurance Events
Nath, Purnendu - 2021
This paper addresses the trade-off between unfavourable air pollution levels and favourable weather conditions for selecting a date for the staging of an outdoor event. For an event date that has been fixed, it presents a personal preference-based data-driven decision framework for individual...
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Landscape Influence on Recent Rural Migration in the U.S
McGranahan, David A. - 2008
This study of recent rural (nonmetropolitan) migration in the U.S. finds that, consistent with research on landscape … relatively little cropland. A simultaneous equation model of 1990-2000 change in jobs and net migration indicates that landscape … features influenced migration directly, not through effects on employment. An inordinate rise in housing values in the most …
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The Hedonic Method of Valuing Environmental Policies and Quality
Graves, Philip E. - 2012
Benefit-cost analysts attempt to compare two states of the world, the status quo and a state in which a policy having benefits and costs is being contemplated. For environmental policies, this comparison is greatly complicated by the difficulty in inferring the values that individuals place on...
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Migration With a Composite Amenity : The Role of Rents
Graves, Philip E. - 2010
Rents are shown here to be more appropriately interpreted as a composite amenity, a "benefit of living" rather than a "cost of living." This is seen in a model in which migrants with rising average incomes move to higher rent locations other things equal, rather than the lower rent locations...
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A Case-Study Based Analysis of the Implications of Natural Disasters on the Indian Agriculture Industry From 2000-2020
Batra, Kanav; Siddiqui, Mohammed Aasim; Jain, Ashna; … - 2022
India has a very diverse geography and many aspects of this geographical landscape are tied to its economy. Natural disasters are quite commonplace in some areas and thus the significance of disaster management policy becomes extremely crucial. This research study aimed to analyse policy...
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