Category: Regulatory Analysis

Cost-effective species conservation in exurban communities: A spatial analysis

By CostBenefit on Mar 3, 2010 | In Land, Academic Study/Journal Article, Wetlands, Preservation & Open Space, Endangered Species, Sprawl & Smart Growth, Northeast, Regulatory Analysis, Computer Software/Database, Methods, Environmental Economics / Ecological Economics, Costs and Benefits | Send feedback »

Abstract: Exurban areas have increasingly become zones of conflict as conservation and development compete for the same finite land resources. Conversion of natural areas to land dominated by human use results in loss, degradation, and fragmentation of w… more »

Prices and Cigarette Demand: Evidence from Youth Tobacco Use in Developing Countries

By CostBenefit on Mar 1, 2010 | In Air, Health, Academic Study/Journal Article, Regulatory Analysis, Research Institute NGO NonProfit, Costs and Benefits, Socio-Political-Cognitive-Economics | 1 feedback »

Abstract: This paper estimates the impact of cigarette prices on youth smoking in lower-income countries using data from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS). Country-level heterogeneity is addressed with fixed effects and by directly controlling for c… more »

Improving production efficiency as a strategy to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions on pastoral dairy farms in New Zealand

By CostBenefit on Feb 27, 2010 | In Climate Change GHG Carbon CO2, Academic Study/Journal Article, Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Nitrogen/Nitrates, Australia, New Zealand, Regulatory Analysis, Costs and Benefits | Send feedback »

Abstract: New Zealand's commitment to the Kyoto Protocol requires agriculture, including dairy farming, to reduce current greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by about 20% by 2012. A modeling exercise to explore the cumulative impact of dairy management decisi… more »

A New Market Risk Mitigating Approach to Combined Heat and Power Project Finance Without the Benefits of a Power Purchase Agreement

By CostBenefit on Feb 27, 2010 | In Energy, Academic Study/Journal Article, Regulatory Analysis, Costs and Benefits | Send feedback »

Abstract: This article describes a new market risk mitigating model for future combined heat and power (CHP) project finance. The need arose from the fact that federal legislative changes in 2005 no longer entitle cogeneration project financings by law t… more »

Economic emission load dispatch through fuzzy based bacterial foraging algorithm

By CostBenefit on Feb 27, 2010 | In Air, Energy, Climate Change GHG Carbon CO2, Asia, Academic Study/Journal Article, Regulatory Analysis, Computer Software/Database, Methods, Costs and Benefits | Send feedback »

Abstract: This paper presents a newly developed optimization approach involving a modified bacterial foraging algorithm (MBFA) applied for the solution of the economic and emission load dispatch (EELD) problem. The approach utilizes the natural selection… more »
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