Search Results - subject:"Voluntary Approach"

Assessing the role of voluntary environmental management arrangements in agriculture: an Australian perspective

Gunningham, Neil - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 6 (2007) 3, pp. 296-315

In the context of compelling environmental challenges and community environmental expectations, this paper considers the response of Australian agriculture to deficiencies in 'traditional' environmental management. How can the environment be protected while improving economic efficiency for...

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Insurance regarding radical uncertainty: approaches in France and in Germany for sewage sludge land spreading

Lupton, Sylvie - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 6 (2007) 3, pp. 378-392

Up to now, economic literature regarding the product safety has studied foreseeable risks that are known by producers. However, the literature has not analysed which liability rule and insurance schemes are efficient for radical uncertainty. This paper addresses this topic through insurance...

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Enhancing the social content of environmental management systems in Australian agriculture

Carruthers, Genevieve; Vanclay, Frank - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 6 (2007) 3, pp. 326-340

Despite criticism that Environmental Management Systems (EMSs) do not address social aspects, a review of the EMS implementation on Australian farms revealed that there were many social dimensions to the EMS. While these were not necessarily explicitly recognised by the farmers, certifiers...

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Certification of sustainable forest management: differentiation strategies and asymmetric information

Costa, Sandrine; Ibanez, Lisette - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 6 (2007) 3, pp. 393-414

The aim of the paper is to analyse the consequences of Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) on the forest sector and social welfare. In a context where buyers are free to choose an outside option (alternative material), we analyse the optimal management behaviour of foresters. A vertical...

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Impacts of voluntary agri-environmental measures on Austria's agriculture

Darnhofer, Ika; Schneeberger, Walter - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 6 (2007) 3, pp. 360-377

With about 78% of farms in the Agri-Environmental Programme (AEP), Austria has one of the highest participation rates in the European Union. The programme reflects a key concern in Austrian agricultural policy, which is to reconcile agricultural production, environmental protection, social...

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Farm management systems and voluntary action: what can Germany learn from Canada?

Knierim, Andrea - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 6 (2007) 3, pp. 341-359

Following regulation EC 1782/2003, a policy scheme aimed at supporting farmers' compliance with societal requirements of sustainable land use was set up in Germany. Core elements of the measure are the introduction and voluntary application of Farm Management Systems (FMS) and the accompanying...

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Nonpoint Pollution Control: Inducing First-best Outcomes through the Use of Threats

Segerson, Kathleen; Wu, JunJie - Department of Economics, University of Connecticut - 2003

In this paper we develop a simple economic model to analyze the use of a policy that combines a voluntary approach to … controlling nonpoint-source pollution with a background threat of an ambient tax if the voluntary approach is unsuccessful in … policy approach is not only more effective in protecting environmental quality than a pure voluntary approach (which does not …

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Voluntary Agreements with Industries: Participation Incentives with Industry-wide Targets

Dawson, Na Li; Segerson, Kathleen - Department of Economics, University of Connecticut - 2003

voluntary approach to pollution control (VA). We find that despite the free-riding problem, there is an incentive for a sub …

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