This paper quantifies the economic impacts of flooding in the Ba River and Penang River catchments in Viti Levu, Fiji. We conducted a detailed assessment of flood damage stemming from two major flooding events in 2012 that severely affected the two important catchments, primarily by using...

Agricultural production and water resources are sensitive to climate variability and change. Decadal climate variability (DCV) phenomena are in the early stages of being explored. This paper investigates the economic value of DCV information in the Edwards Aquifer region of Texas as well as...

Since 1968 homeowners’ flood insurance in the United States has been mainly provided through the federally-run National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which as of December 2012 had 5.55 million NFIP policies-in-force nationwide with a total of $1.28 trillion of insured coverage (Michel-Kerjan...

The effects of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emission to climate change are uncertain; how does this uncertainty affect the optimal carbon abatement policy? Tackling this classic problem is challenging; not only does it require integrated assessment analyses that consolidate an adequate...

The main objective of this paper was to conduct Programs Budget Analysis of the water sub-sector in Uganda over the period 1999/00 to 2009/10 in order to gain an understanding of sources of funding and the way funds were allocated to different programs. This sub sector has been identified as one...

Following Uganda’s discovery of oil deposits in 2006, the country’s development prospects look higher than ever before. Different stakeholders (discussed in the paper) have high development expectations. However, development experiences from oil-rich countries in Africa raise concerns that...

Die regulatorischen Aktivitäten des Staates werden oftmals mit dem Vorliegen von Marktversagen begründet. Diese Perspektive ist allerdings zu eng und vernachlässigt das Auftreten von Staatsversagen. Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht staatliche Eingriffe aus einer verhaltensökonomischen...

Agri-environmental measures are often not as accepted among farmers as expected. The present study investigates whether changes in income risks and the individual risk attitudes of farmers may constitute an explanatory approach for the low acceptance of the measures. For this purpose, a...

Diese Arbeit untersucht anhand einer Simulationsstudie, ob die Einkommensteuerregelung des § 34b EStG Einfluss auf das waldbauliche Optimum risikomeidender Investoren nimmt und inwieweit dies aktuellen forstpolitischen Zielsetzungen zuwiderläuft. Die Ergebnisse zeigen einen Einfluss der...