The importance of ecosystem functions for humankind is well known. But only few attempts have been undertaken to estimate the economic value of these ecosystem services. In particular, indirect methods are rarely used, even though they are most suitable for the task. This discrepancy is because...

Die Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse ist das wichtigste wirtschaftstheoretisch gestützte Instrument zur Bewertung öffentlicher Investitionsprojekte und der Folgen staatlicher Wirtschaftspolitik. In dem vorliegenden ersten Band werden zunächst operationale Wohlfahrtsmaße aus der Wohlfahrtsökonomik...

Ecosystem services generate benefits that enter human consumption either directly or indirectly via their contribution to human production activities. In this contribution, we provide evidence that (i) the demand of peasants for ecosystem services in rural Indonesia depends on relative poverty;...