Category: Environmental Economics / Ecological Economics

Determining when payments are an effective policy approach to ecosystem service provision

By CostBenefit on Sep 1, 2010 | In General, Academic Study/Journal Article, Ecosystem Valuation, Regulatory Analysis, Methods, Environmental Economics / Ecological Economics, Costs and Benefits

Abstract: There are several policy tools available for the provision of ecosystem services. The economic characteristics of the ecosystem service being provided, such as rivalry and excludability, along with the spatial scale at which benefits accrue can… more »

Energy, environmental and economic comparison of different powertrain/fuel options using well-to-wheels assessment, energy and external costs – European market analysis

By CostBenefit on Sep 1, 2010 | In General, Air, Energy, Climate Change GHG Carbon CO2, Europe, Academic Study/Journal Article, Transportation, Nitrogen/Nitrates, Particulates, Regulatory Analysis, Contamination Cost, Sulfur, SO2, Environmental Economics / Ecological Economics, Costs and Benefits

Abstract: The well-to-wheels assessment is widely used in the automotive sector to analyze the efficiency and competitiveness of different powertrain/fuel options. The paper proposes a global index that takes into account both the energy and environmenta… more »

Amenities and disamenities: a hedonic analysis of the heterogeneous urban landscape in Shenzhen (China)

By CostBenefit on Aug 19, 2010 | In Real Estate Construction Housing, Academic Study/Journal Article, Preservation & Open Space, China, Hedonic Analysis, Environmental Economics / Ecological Economics, Costs and Benefits

Abstract: Landscape amenities and disamenities are important factors for households in making residence decision. This study presents a hedonic analysis of the amenity and disamenity effects arising from the heterogeneous urban landscape in a Chinese cit… more »

Valuing open space in a residential sorting model of the Twin Cities

By CostBenefit on Aug 17, 2010 | In Academic Study/Journal Article, Preservation & Open Space, Midwest, Regulatory Analysis, Computer Software/Database/Model, Methods, Environmental Economics / Ecological Economics, Costs and Benefits, Free Report at Time of Entry

Abstract: H. Allen Klaiber and Daniel J. Phaneuf present an analysis of how open space amenities affect residential location choices using a "horizontal sorting model" to estimate household preferences for open space. To parameterize the model, a new and… more »

Green drivers or free riders? An analysis of tax rebates for hybrid vehicles

By CostBenefit on Aug 16, 2010 | In Air, Energy, Climate Change GHG Carbon CO2, Academic Study/Journal Article, Transportation, Canada, Regulatory Analysis, Environmental Economics / Ecological Economics, Costs and Benefits

Abstract: Ambarish Chandra, Sumeet Gulati and Milind Kandlikar estimate the effect of tax rebates offered by Canadian Provinces on the sales of hybrid electric vehicles. They find that these rebates led to a large increase in the market share of hybrid v… more »
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