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Self-Protection, Strategic Interactions, and the Relative Endogeneity of Disease Risks

Reeling, Carson J.; Horan, Richard D. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

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Re-examining economic options for import risk assessments

Adamson, David; Cook, David - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2007

The economic impacts of altering quarantine policies are divided into two main areas: trade evaluations, utilising a partial equilibrium approach to determine the benefits of market liberalisation; or pest management economics, used to determine the on-ground impacts of introduced species. This...

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An Example of How Chemical Regulation is Affecting Biosecurity Policy-Making: Mediterranean Fruit Fly in Western Australia

Cook, David C.; Fraser, Rob W.; Weinert, Andrew S. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013

The principal chemicals used by Western Australia’s horticultural industries for field control and post-harvest disinfestation procedures for Mediterranean fruit fly are soon to be withdrawn from use due to public health concerns. When this occurs, the necessary switch to alternative control...

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Assessing the marginal dollar value losses to an estuarine ecosystem from an aggressive alien invasive crab

Bell, Brian A.; Menzies, Sharon; Yap, Michael; Kerr, … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2008

This paper reports on a case study to establish dollar values for loss of biodiversity in the New Zealand coastal marine environment. The study uses the European Shore Crab (Carcinas maenas) as the example alien invasive species and the Pauatahanui Inlet, Wellington, New Zealand, as the...

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A new biosecurity investment decision framework to promote more efficient biosecurity policy

Smith, Harley; Webster, Stewart - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2010

Australian governments spend millions of dollars each year on pre border, border and post border biosecurity programs … new biosecurity investment decision framework based on economic principles that aims to produce more objectively …

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Using involvement to understand responses to biosecurity

Bewsell, Denise; Bigsby, Hugh R.; Cullen, Ross - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2009

The effectiveness of biosecurity measures at national borders is influenced by the behaviour and levels of involvement … the response of individuals to New Zealand biosecurity requirements. A range of people associated with the agricultural … biosecurity. The results indicated that most respondents had medium to high levels of involvement. This implies that respondents …

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Valuing indigenous biodiversity in the freshwater environment

Bell, Brian A.; Yap, Michael; Cudby, Charlotte - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2009

Biosecurity incursion response decisions require timely, high quality information involving science and economics. The …. The hypothetical incursion of Biosecurity New Zealand’s top priority weed hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) in a typical …

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Correct (and misleading) argument for using market-based pollution control policies

Karp, Larry S. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2008

One argument in favor of market based pollution control policies is sometimes exaggerated, and a different argument is usually ignored. Regardless of whether investment is fixed or endogenous, market based policies might lead to a higher or lower equilibrium abatement compared to the level under...

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SPATIAL DYNAMICS OF THE LIVESTOCK SECTOR IN THE UNITED STATES: DO ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS MATTER?

Herath, Deepananda P.B.; Weersink, Alfons; Carpentier, … - 2003

The US hog and dairy sectors are increasingly shifting production toward western states away from more traditional production regions in the east. In contrast, production levels in the fed-cattle sector have increased over the last three decades only in the three main producing states. One...

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Scenario Analysis of New Zealand’s Sheep Meat and Beef Sector Over The Next 10 To 15 Years

Forsyth, Hamish; Knutson, Russell - 2009

This paper identifies and synthesises strategic opportunities and challenges facing New Zealand’s sheep meat and beef sector over the next 10 to 15 years. A Delphi surveydraws on the sector’s collective knowledge and identifies areas of consensus anddivergence of opinion. Using the results...

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