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In this paper we argue that the burgeoning empirical debate over scope sensitivity within contingent valuation studies is fundamentally incomplete in that the effect of study design upon observed scope has largely been ignored. In particular we highlight the frequently overlooked fact that in...
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Environmental decisions made by individuals, civil society and the state involve questions of economic efficiency, environmental effectiveness, equity and political legitimacy. These four criteria are constitutive of economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development, which...
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This paper reviews literature in and around new institutional economics to assess its contributions to, and limitations in, research on environmental decision-making and governance. The paper also proposes ways to increase the fruitfulness of new institutional approach for environmental...
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global biomes. The main objective of this review is to assess the policy relevance of the information encompassed by the wide …
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, once instituted, may not yield information adequate to refute its efficiency claim. Consequently, donors who inefficiently …
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Is the World Bank’s Development Policy Lending likely to enhance ownership and have greater effectiveness than structural adjustment? We specify a dynamic common agency model in which a government committed to reform faces domestic opposition from interest groups. The dynamic specification,...
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In developing societies, social norms typically ascribe differential weights to paternal, maternal and communal (or state) contributions to children’s expenses. Individuals internalize these valuations. I examine a Cournot model of voluntary contribution to children’s goods in a twoadult...
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Lenders condition future loans on some index of past performance. Typically, banks condition future loans on repayments of earlier obligations while international organizations condition future loans on the implementation of some policy conditions. We build an agency model that accounts for...
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questions and preparing Thünen's theory of capital and interest. Thünen starts his analysis with a description of the … extended quantity theory of money by introducing the velocity of money transactions and formulating the correct algebraic … twentieth century and from the perspective of modern monetary theory, Thünen's drafts are an unexpected discovery and of …
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This note discusses the comparative dynamic analysis in 'Fiscal competition in space and time' by David Wildas in (Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 87, 2003) from a technical point of view.
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