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Environmental Valuation : The Sum of Specific Damages Approach
Graves, Philip E. - 2014
There is no abstract for this book chapter. It outlines one of the commonly used methods of valuing environmental improvements, discussing the implicit assumptions about perceptions that are embedded in this approach
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The Missing Benefits of Clean Water and the Role of Mismeasured Pollution
Keiser, David - 2018
Although the U.S. spends billions of dollars a year controlling water pollution, there is little empirical evidence of … comparable benefits. This study argues that measurement error in pollution data causes benefits to be underestimated. Using … nutrient pollution. Instrumental variable estimates of the effects of phosphorus on recreational use are an order of magnitude …
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Chapter 7. Quasi-experimental methods in environmental economics: Opportunities and challenges
Deschenes, Olivier; Meng, Kyle C. - In: Handbook of environmental economics : Volume 4, (pp. 285-332). 2018
This paper examines the application of quasi-experimental methods in environmental economics. We begin with two observations: (i) standard quasi-experimental methods, first applied in other microeconomic fields, typically assume unit-level treatments that do not spill over across units; (ii)...
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A Study on Pragmatic Repercussions of CETP Towards MSMEs : A Boon or Drawback
Tiwari, Radha; thakkar, Himanshu; Chandegara, Vatsal - 2022
pollution. This paper strives to explore the pragmatic repercussions of CETP on MSMEs by the study of six CETP in operation at …
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Resolving Water-use Conflicts: Insights from the Prairie Experience for the MacKenzie River Basin
Percy, David R. - In: C.D. Howe Institute Commentary (2012) 341
The southern regions of Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan suffer from periodic drought more than any other part of Canada. They depend heavily on rivers that rise in the Rocky Mountains and traverse all three provinces to their outlet on Hudson Bay. In 1969, after a prolonged period of...
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Estimation of Marginal Abatement Cost of Air Pollution in Durgapur City of West Bengal
Mukhopadhyay, Kakali; Bhattacharya, Souvik - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
Air pollution in industrial cities with emissions from firms is a growing problem in India. Durgapur, one of the … growing industrial cities in eastern India, covering a host of industries, suffers from similar problems. The paper estimates … the marginal abatement cost of air pollution of industries in Durgapur, West Bengal. We model the technology of a firm …
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Valuing wind farms’ environmental impacts by geographical distance: A contingent valuation study in Portugal
Botelho, Anabela; Pinto, Lígia Costa; Sousa, Patricia - Núcleo de Investigação em Microeconomia Aplicada … - 2013
Wind energy is currently one the most important energy sources in the production of electricity. In this study, we use the CVM to elicit the monetary value attached to wind power’s environmental impacts from three different groups of individuals: local residents, residents in a nearby town,...
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Sustainable Development Concerning with Mankind’s Climate Changes
Dobrescu, Emilian M.; Susanu, Monica; Oprea, Raducan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Mankind has witnessed many outstanding weather happenings which determined radical climate changes and thus, the draught is expected further to grow. Many experts, academics and scientists all over the continents have strongly called for attention about the importance of saving the water, either...
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Impactos ambientais e econômicos dos veículos elétricos e híbridos plug-in: Uma revisão da literatura
Vonbun, Christian - 2015
This paper presents a brief literature review concerning the costs and benefits of electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles, highlighting their advantages in terms of greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Even though electric and electro-hybrid vehicles must still overcome many cultural and...
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Economic Impact of CO2 Emissions and Carbon Tax in Electric Vehicle Society in Toyohashi City in Japan
Miyata, Yuzuru; Shibusawa, Hiroyuki; Fujii, Tomoaki - 2015
In this paper, we explore the economic impact of promotion and realization of an electric vehicle society (EVS) in Toyohashi City in Japan. More concretely, this paper emphasizes a computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling approach to evaluate the following issues: economic impacts of...
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