A CVM survey of WTP for water quality was conducted in October 1997. Findings suggest that WTP depends logically on risk perceptions and, thus, on the amount of water quality being purchased. However, erroneous subjective risk opinions were found to bias WTP downward.

This paper develops and tests a migration choice model that incorporates two prominent migration strategies used by households facing risk and liquidity constraints. On the one hand, migration can be used as an ex-post risk-coping strategy after sudden negative income shocks. On the other hand,...

The 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments required that water utilities send quality reports to customers. We test whether receiving such reports of health violations increases purchases of bottled water using newly released data and disaggregate changes in demand at the intensive and...

According to advocates, eco-certification can improve developing country farmers’ environmental and economic performance. However, these notional benefits can be undercut by self-selection: the tendency of relatively wealthy farmers already meeting eco-certification standards to...

Mit der Wasserrahmenrichtlinie hat die EU einen juristischen Rahmen geschaffen, alle aquatischen Ökosysteme zu schützen. Diese vornehmlich auf den Grundwasserschutz abzielende Maßnahme kann zu wirtschaftlichen Nachteilen für Landwirte führen. So wird die Feldberegnung als Möglichkeit...

A természeti katasztrófák különböző hatásaival (környezeti, társadalmi, gazdasági, pozitív, negatív, semleges stb.) számos nemzetközi tanulmány fogalakozik, érzékeltetve ezzel a kérdéskör fontosságát. Mind nemzetközi, mind hazai szinten számolnunk kell a természeti...

Social capital is a central requirement for a successful climate change adaptation, especially in Cambodia where formal institutions are still poorly developed. Collective action and not-for-profit bonding are important for climate change adaptation; however, these are not easily developed. This...