The Value of Information : Methodological Frontiers and New Applications in Environment and Health

Introduction -- 1. The Value of Information in Index Insurance for Farmers in Africa -- Commentary -- 2. The Value of Information in a Risk Management Approach to Climate Change -- Commentary -- 3. Understanding the Value of Business Information -- Commentary -- 4. Valuing the Potential Impacts of GEOSS: A Systems Dynamics Approach -- Commentary -- 5. The Informative Role of Advertising and Experience in Dynamic Brand Choice: An Application to the Ready-To-Eat Cereal Market -- Commentary -- 6. The Effect of Public and Private Quality Information on Consumer Choice in Health Care Markets -- Commentary -- 7. Adoption of Over-The-Counter Malaria Diagnostics in Africa: The Role of Subsidies, Beliefs, Externalities, and Competition -- Commentary -- 8. The Value of Determining Global Land Cover for Assessing Climate Change Mitigation Options -- Commentary -- 9. Space Imaging and Prevention of Infectious Disease: Rift Valley Fever -- Commentary -- 10. Estimating the Benefits of Land Imagery in Environmental Applications: A Case Study in Nonpoint Source Pollution of Groundwater -- Commentary -- Index