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Precautionary Effect and Variations of the Value of Information

Gilotte, Laurent; Lara, Michel de - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2005

For a sequential, two-period decision problem with uncertainty and under broad conditions (non-finite sample set …

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Ecological-economic viability as a criterion of strong sustainability under uncertainty

Baumgärtner, Stefan; Quaas, Martin F. - 2007

have to be maintained as physical quantities separately. Yet, in a world of uncertainty this cannot be guaranteed. To … therefore define strong sustainability under uncertainty in an operational manner, we propose to use the concept of viability … uncertainty. We illustrate this concept and demonstrate its usefulness by applying it to livestock grazing management in semi …

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Redistribution and insurance with simple tax instruments

Findeisen, Sebastian; Sachs, Dominik - 2015

provide a novel decomposition of labor income tax formulas into a redistribution and an insurance component. The latter is … capital tax is non-zero and trades off redistribution and insurance against savings distortions. Our quantitative results … reveal that the insurance component contributes significantly to optimal labor tax rates and provides an informative lower …

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Community Perspectives on the On-Farm Diversity of Six Major Cereals and Climate Change in Bhutan

Katwal, Tirtha Bdr.; Dorji, Singay; Dorji, Rinchen; … - In: Agriculture 5 (2015) 1, pp. 2-16

Subsistence Bhutanese farmers spread across different agro-ecological zones maintain large species and varietal diversity of different crops in their farm. However, no studies have been undertaken yet to assess why farmers conserve and maintain large agro-biodiversity, the extent of...

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Connotation of minor millet biodiversity and indirect payments in tribal homesteads in the backdrop of climate change.

Aravindakshan, Sreejith; Sherief, Aliyaru Kunju - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Unscathed agrobiodiversity remaining in-situ today is found on the small-scale farms and homestead gardens of poorer and developing countries (Brookfield, 2001). The indigenous traditional farming of Muthuvan tribe as the case of Finger millet or Ragi (Eleusine coracana), a minor millet...

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Redistribution and Insurance with Simple Tax Instruments

Findeisen, Sebastian - 2015

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Redistribution and Insurance with Simple Tax Instruments

Findeisen, Sebastian - 2015

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A meta-analysis of environmental impacts of agri-environmental policies in the European Union

Oltmer, Katrin; Nijkamp, Peter; Florax, Raymond J. G. M.; … - 2000

This paper applies an ANOVA-type of meta-analysis to the evaluation of agri-environmental policy in theEuropean Union. Meta-analysis is concerned with the statistical analysis of previous research results, andhas become an established technique in the medical and natural science. The paper...

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Agri-Environmental Policy in Poland: Challenges and Evaluation Approaches

Ziolkowska, Jadwiga - In: Economic Analysis 40 (2007), pp. 5-16

The main objective of the paper is to investigate challenges for the agri-environmental policy in Poland and to detect methodical approaches which can be used for the evaluation and design of agrienvironmental measures to make them more effective. Analysing the development of the...

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Can agricultural policy achieve environmental goals through an indicator-based direct payment system?

Gilgen, Anina; Drobnik, Thomas; Mann, Stefan; Flury, … - In: Q open : a journal of agricultural, climate, … 3 (2023) 3, pp. 126

Indicator-based frameworks for assessing farms' environmental performance have become a resource for environmental knowledge regarding the impacts of agricultural practices. The present study explores whether a novel indicator-based direct payment system, which focuses on the farms'...

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