The paper investigates the relationship between the announcement of a proposed haul route and its impact on nearby property values. A large number of studies have been conducted using hedonic property value models to show the impact of environmental disamenities on property values, but to our...

A plethora of literature exists on irrigation development. However, only a few studies analyse the distributional issues associated with irrigation induced technological changes (IITC) in the context of commodity markets. Furthermore, these studies deal with only the theoretical arguments and to...

Pesticide spraying by farmers has an adverse impact on their health. However, in studies to date examining farmers' exposure to pesticides, the costs of ill-health and their determinants have been based on information provided by farmers themselves. Some doubt has therefore been cast on the...