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The Effect of Voluntary Brownfields Programs on Nearby Property Values: Evidence from Illinois
Linn, Joshua - 2012
Brownfields are properties for which redevelopment is hampered by known or suspected contamination and by concerns … under certain conditions. Certification could increase nearby property values because of decreased contamination risk and …
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Prestige: La 'hoja de comunicaciones'
Toledo, Álvarez de; Isabel, Luisa - In: Entelequia. Revista Interdisciplinar (2006) 2, pp. 73-82
When a ship which carries fuel o any contaminant or toxic material gets into average, the first thing to do is taking it to harbour, where the flow can be controlled. If not possible, then take it to the coast, so that it sinks to the lowest deepness as possible and safe from streams dragging...
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Estimating non-marginal willingness to pay for railway noise abatement: application of the two-step hedonic regression technique
Swärdh, Jan-Erik; Andersson, Henrik; Jonsson, Lina; … - CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI) - 2012
In this study we estimate the demand for peace and quiet, and thus also the willingness to pay for railway noise abatement, based on both steps of the hedonic model regression on property prices. The estimated demand relationship suggests welfare gains for a 1 dB reduction of railway noise as;...
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Global Warming Induced Water-Cycle Changes and Industrial Production – A Scenario Analysis for the Upper Danube River Basin
Jessberger, Christoph; Sindram, Maximilian; Zimmer, Markus - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 231 (2011) 3, pp. 415-439
Using the environmental decision support system DANUBIA, we analyze the effects of climate change on industry and compare the effectiveness of different adaptation strategies. The observed area covers Germany and Austria up to 2025. Since themain effects of climate change in this region are...
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Análisis de los efectos medioambientales en una economía regional: Una aplicación para la economía aragonesa
Flores García, Mónica; Mainar Causapé, Alfredo J. - Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad de Zaragoza - 2009
El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar el impacto medioambiental de los hogares en una economía regional, incluyendo, no sólo el impacto directo, sino también el indirectamente generado a través de la producción de los bienes y servicios que demandan. Con este trabajo también se pretende...
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Management of Hazardous Waste and Contaminated Land
Sigman, Hilary; Stafford, Sarah - In: Annual Review of Resource Economics 3 (2011) 1, pp. 255-275
Regulation of hazardous waste and cleanup of contaminated sites are two major components of modern public policy for environmental protection. We review the literature on these related areas, with emphasis on empirical analyses. Researchers have identified many behavioral responses to regulation...
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Determinants and Effects on Property Values of Participation in Voluntary Cleanup Programs: The Case of Colorado
Alberini, Anna - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2006
little effect. Properties with confirmed contamination sell at a 47% discount relative to comparable uncontaminated parcels …
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Voluntary Cleanups and Redevelopment Potential: Lessons from Baltimore, Maryland
Alberini, Anna; Guignet, Dennis - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2008
Policy has increasingly shifted towards economic incentives and liability attenuation for promoting cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated sites, but little is known about the effectiveness of such policies. An example of such legislation is State Voluntary Cleanup Programs (VCPs), which were...
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Psychological aspects of the rejection of recycled water: Contamination, purification and disgust
Rozin, Paul; Haddad, Brent; Nemeroff, Carol; Slovic, Paul - In: Judgment and Decision Making 10 (2015) 1, pp. 50-63
it, with 38% uncertain. Both disgust and contamination sensitivity predict resistance to consumption of recycled water …
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A proximity effect in adults' contamination intuitions
Kim, Laura R.; Kim, Nancy S. - In: Judgment and Decision Making 6 (2011) 3, pp. 222-229
overgeneralize real-world mechanisms of contamination beyond their appropriate boundaries (Lindeman & Aarnio, 2007). Do people … similarly overextend knowledge of airborne contamination mechanisms? Previous work has shown that very young children believe … merely being close to a contamination source can contaminate an item (Springer & Belk 1994); we asked whether this same hyper …
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