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Private options to use public goods : exploiting revealed preferences to estimate environmental benefits

Snyder, Lori Diane; Stavins, Robert N.; Wagner, Alexander F. - 2003

We develop and apply a new method for estimating the economic benefits of an environmental amenity. The method fits within the household production framework (Becker 1965), and is based upon the notion of estimating the derived demand for a privately traded option to utilize a freely-available...

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Exports and externalities : the other side of trade and ecological risk

Warziniack, Travis; Finno, David; Shogren, Jason F.; … - 2009

This paper develops a general equilibrium model to measure welfare effects of taxes for correcting environmental externalities caused by domestic trade, focusing on exter- nalities that arise through exports. Externalities from exports come from a number of sources. Domestically owned ships,...

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Value of time : speeding behavior and gasoline prices

Wolff, Hendrik - 2012

Do drivers reduce speeds when gasoline prices are high? Previous research investigating this energy conservation hypothesis produced mixed results. We take a fresh look at the data and estimate a significant negative relationship between speeding and gasoline prices. This presents a new...

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Mega-sporting events as experience goods

Heyne, Malte (contributor); Maennig, Wolfgang (contributor); … - 2007

This paper tests the hypothesis that a nation's hosting of a mega-sporting event is an experience good for its residents. Applying data from an ex-ante and ex-post query based on contingent valuation methods, we use the Soccer World Cup 2006 as a natural experiment. The significant ex-post...

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Use of Time for Outdoor Recreation in the United States, 1965–2007

Siikamäki, Juha - 2009

This study examines time-use for outdoor recreation during 1965 to 2007. Using data on over 47,000 individuals from six nationally representative time-use surveys, we first document time-use trends between 1965 and 2007. We then develop a two-part instrumental variable censored regression model...

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Voluntary Environmental Programs in the United States : Whose Interests are Served?

Steelman, Toddi A. - 2010

The appeal of voluntary environmental programs (VEPs) lies in their promise to mutually serve government, industry, and environmental interests since they can reduce administrative burdens, provide flexibility to decide how to implement environmental improvements, and work toward superior...

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Adaptation, Legal Resiliency, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Flatt, Victor Byers; Tarr, Jeremy - 2012

to administer its requirements with resilience. Given the expected demographic growth and climate-changed future, these …

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How has the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Outdoor Recreation in the U.S.? A Revealed Preference Approach

Landry, Craig E.; Bergstrom, John C.; Salazar, John; … - 2020

This study examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on outdoor recreation visits and values using a unique revealed preference travel cost method approach. Demand models are estimated using data on pre- and post-pandemic visits reported in a nationwide survey of outdoor recreation...

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Adapting to climate change : the remarkable decline in the US temperature-mortality relationship over the 20th century

Barreca, Alan I.; Clay, Karen; Deschênes, Olivier; … - 2015

A critical part of adapting to the higher temperatures that climate change brings will be the deployment of existing … technologies to new sectors and regions. This paper examines the evolution of the temperature-mortality relationship over the … mean temperature exceeding 80° F has declined by about 70%. Almost the entire decline occurred after 1960. There are about …

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Temperature and exports : evidence from the United States

Karlsson, Jimmy - In: Environmental and resource economics 80 (2021) 2, pp. 311-337

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