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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Flood Mitigation Policies in the U.S.
Fan, Qin; Davlasheridze, Meri - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
We employ a two-stage random utility model (RUM) to estimate people’ marginal willingness to pay (WTP) for enhancing community-level floodplain management activities reflected in the National flood insurance program (NFIP)’s Community Rating System (CRS) program. CRS is a voluntary program,...
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Equilibrium Welfare Impacts of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments in the Los Angeles Area
Tra, Constant I. - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2007
This study develops a discrete choice locational equilibrium model to evaluate the benefits of the air quality improvements that occurred in the Los Angeles area following the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA). The discrete choice equilibrium approach accounts for the fact that air quality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004989013
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Climate Change and Labor Markets in Rural Mexico: Evidence from Annual Fluctuations in Weather
Jessoe, Katrina; Manning, Dale; Taylor, J. Edward - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
.2-3% decrease in local employment and a 1-2% increase in domestic migration from rural to urban areas. These results provide an …
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Closing time : the local equilibrium effects of prohibition
Howard, Greg; Ornaghi, Arianna - 2021
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Impacts of a changing climate on economic damages and insurance
Franzke, Christian - In: Economics of disasters and climate change 1 (2017) 1, pp. 95-110
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Learning, adaptation, and weather in a changing climate
Moore, Frances - In: Climate change economics 8 (2017) 4, pp. 1-21
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Long-term variability of the temperature time series recorded in Lisbon
Santos, Joao; Leite, Solange - In: Journal of Applied Statistics 36 (2009) 3, pp. 323-337
As a case study for application in climate change studies, daily air temperature records in Lisbon are analysed by applying advanced statistical methodologies that take into account the dynamic nature of climate. A trend analysis based on two non-parametric tests (Spearman and Mann-Kendall)...
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Evaluation of Visibility of EU external action : Final Report ; Volume 1
PARTICIP GmbH Consultants für Entwicklung und Umwelt, … - 2012
The mandate for this study was to undertake an evaluation of EU external action as managed by three DGs: DG RELEX, DG DEV and DG AIDCO. The Terms of Reference identified two main objectives (ToR, Feb 2010, Section 1 – reproduced in Annex 1): · To provide an overall independent assessment of...
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Retiree Migration: Considerations of Amenity and Health Access Drivers
Karner, Anne M.; Dorfman, Jeffrey H. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
the drivers of migration for retirees versus people still in the work force, one finds that the drivers for the two groups … migration decisions are decoupled from job market conditions. Retirees can indulge in specific tastes and preferences such as a … appear to consider both attributes, with natural amenities appearing more important drivers of migration decisions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916416
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Migration, Household Composition, and Child Welfare in Rural Northeast Thailand
Cameron, Michael P.; Lim, Steven - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2005
In many developing countries the composition of rural households is influenced by the migration of adult household …
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