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Florec, Veronique; Sadler, Rohan; White, Benedict - School of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2010

Increasing volumes and speed of agricultural trade and the opening of new markets for agricultural products create greater challenges to systems established to protect countries from invasive organisms that can be harmful to human and animal health, crops and natural environments. In reaction to...

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OPIUM ET DÉVELOPPEMENT ALTERNATIF EN ASIE : QUEL BILAN ?

Chouvy, Pierre-Arnaud - In: Revue Tiers-Monde n° 199 (2009) 3, pp. 611-625

2000s. But for a few exceptions, opium bans, forced eradication, and alternative development have failed to reach their …

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Cooperation, Spatial-Dynamic Externalities, and Invasive Species Management

Epanchin-Niell, Rebecca S.; Wilen, James E. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

Most terrestrial biological invasions occur in landscapes comprising numerous, independently managed properties. Thus, control of invasion spread generally depends on the choices of many managers, each deciding the extent to control invasions on their property. Here we develop a...

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Optimal control of spatial-dynamic processes: The case of biological invasions

Epanchin-Niell, Rebecca S.; Wilen, James E. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

This study examines the spatial nature of optimal bioinvasion control. We develop and parameterize a spatially explicit two-dimensional model of species spread that allows for differential control across space and time, and we solve for optimal control strategies. We find that the qualitative...

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Avaliação dos Impactos Econômicos e Sociais do Programa de Erradicação da Doença de Aujeszky no Estado de Santa Catarina

Miele, Marcelo; Girotto, Ademir Francisco; Mores, Nelson; … - Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural - SOBER - 2008

was to realize economic, social and organizational impact assessment of the Aujeszky Disease Eradication Project in Santa …

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Syphilis Cycles

Aadland, David; Finnoff, David; Huang, Kevin X.D. - Vanderbilt University Department of Economics - 2010

Syphilis has re-emerged as a global public health issue. In lesser developed countries, millions of people are contracting the disease, which can be fatal without access to proper treatment. In developed countries, prevalence is on the rise and has cycled around endemic levels for decades. We...

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General Consideration on Legal Tax Evasion vs. Tax Fraud

Steriopol, Octavia-Daniela; Coman, Varvara Licuta; … - In: Acta Universitatis Danubius. OEconomica (2010) 4(4), pp. 56-63

today’s states confront with; its consequences seek to limit as much as possible, by legal and fiscal means, the eradication …

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Dynamic Economic Analysis on Invasive Species Management: Some Policy Implications of Catchability

Kotani, Koji; Kakinaka, Makoto; Matsuda, Hiroyuki - Graduate School of International Relations, … - 2006

governmental programs have been proposed for supporting eradication. This article challenges this view by studying the optimal … could exist a threshold of the initial stock which differentiates the optimal policy between immediate eradication and … giving-up without any control. In the intermediate range, immediate eradication, giving-up without any control, or more …

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Optimal Control of Spatial-Dynamic Processes: The Case of Biological Invasions

Epanchin-Niell, Rebecca S.; Wilen, James E. - 2011

This study examines the spatial nature of optimal bioinvasion control. We develop a spatially explicit two-dimensional model of species spread that allows for differential control across space and time, and we solve for optimal spatial-dynamic control strategies. We find that the optimal...

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Foot and mouth disease economic impact assessment on production, export losses and eradication expenditure

Forbes, Rod; van Halderen, Andre - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2104

and estimable Key to this was how processors might respond during FMD eradication and how importing countries might … respond once New Zealand becomes FMD free again. Government expenditure for FMD eradication and related livestock compensation …

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