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Prices vs. Quantities with fiscal cushioning

Rohling, Moritz; Ohndorf, Markus - In: Resource and Energy Economics 34 (2012) 2, pp. 169-187

Enforcement of international environmental quantity regulations (e.g. tradable pollution permits) is often expected to be stricter than that of price regulations (e.g. emission taxes). While both instruments provide opportunities for misrepresenting actual pollution, enforcement of international...

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The effect of uncertainty on US transport-related GHG emissions and fuel consumption out to 2050

Bastani, Parisa; Heywood, John B.; Hope, Chris - In: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 46 (2012) 3, pp. 517-548

analysis is, however, unable to identify the impact of uncertainty on the future US vehicle fleet emissions and energy use … the impact of uncertainty on the future of US transport needs to be addressed. This paper uses a stochastic technology and … consumption are also identified and ranked through the uncertainty analysis. It is further shown that these major contributors …

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Sustainability economics, ontology and the capability approach

Martins, Nuno - In: Ecological Economics 72 (2011) C, pp. 1-4

The relationship between sustainability economics and the capability approach has recently been explored. Here I shall discuss this relationship, and argue that a study of the ontology underlying the capability approach can help us to see more clearly the interconnections between sustainability...

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Bycatch risk pools for the US West Coast Groundfish Fishery

Holland, Daniel S.; Jannot, Jason E. - In: Ecological Economics 78 (2012) C, pp. 132-147

Individual transferable quotas (ITQs) in multispecies fisheries create incentives for fishermen to avoid bycatch of species for which quota is scarce. However, when bycatch is highly uncertain, individual quota demand and prices may be volatile creating substantial financial risk for fishermen....

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Uncertainty in ecosystem services valuation and implications for assessing land use tradeoffs: An agricultural case study in the Minnesota River Basin

Johnson, Kris A.; Polasky, Stephen; Nelson, Erik; … - In: Ecological Economics 79 (2012) C, pp. 71-79

quantification and valuation remains highly uncertain. While there is significant uncertainty about the biophysical production of … ecosystem services, there is additional uncertainty about the value of services. This paper explores how uncertainty associated … regard to delivery of total value. This analysis suggests that addressing uncertainty in ecosystem service valuation is …

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Implications of local lifecycle analyses and low carbon fuel standard design on gasohol transportation fuels

Boies, Adam M.; McFarlane, Dane; Taff, Steven; Watts, … - In: Energy Policy 39 (2011) 11, pp. 7191-7201

inputs are overwhelmed by uncertainty in parameters external to the refiner, including impacts of fertilization and land use …

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Optimization of the irrigation water resources for agricultural sustainability in Tarim River Basin, China

Huang, Y.; Li, Y.P.; Chen, X.; Ma, Y.G. - In: Agricultural Water Management 107 (2012) C, pp. 74-85

An integrated optimization method is developed for supporting agriculture water management and planning in Tarim River Basin, Northwest China. The developed method couples two-stage stochastic programming (TSP) with inexact quadratic program (IQP). The hydrological model is provided for...

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A note on optimal capital stock and financing constraints

Saltari, E.; Travaglini, G. - In: Economic Modelling 29 (2012) 4, pp. 1177-1180

There is a robust literature on the relationship between financing constraints and real investment. Little has been said on the relationship between financing constraints and capital stock in the long run. This note focuses on this last issue. To keep the model tractable, we assume that the firm...

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Timeless perspective versus discretionary policymaking when the degree of inflation persistence is unknown

Paez-Farrell, Juan - In: Economic Modelling 28 (2011) 6, pp. 2432-2438

uncertainty. Another has focused on the appropriate perspective for optimal monetary policy, namely discretion or the timeless …

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Uncertainties and sustainability concepts in biofuel supply chain management: A review

Awudu, Iddrisu; Zhang, Jun - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16 (2012) 2, pp. 1359-1368

the decision making process are provided. Fourthly, sustainability concepts and models that give perspectives to the …

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