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The Use of Group-Level Approaches to Environmental and Natural Resource Policy

Kotchen, Matthew - 2020

Policies to address environmental and natural resource management are often implemented at the group level. The defining feature of such policies is that penalties or rewards are based on group rather than individual performance, or rights are allocated to a group rather than to individuals....

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How Can Behavioral Economics Inform Non-Market Valuation? An Example from the Preference Reversal Literature

Alevy, Jonathan E. - 2010

Psychological insights have made inroads within most major areas of study in economics. One area where less advance has been made is environmental and resource economics. In this study, we examine the implications of preference reversals over evaluation modes, in which stated economic values...

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Using Field Experiments in Environmental and Resource Economics

List, John A. - 2013

This study showcases the usefulness of field experiments to the study of environmental and resource economics. Our focus pertains to work related to field experiments in the area of 'behavioral' environmental and resource economics. Within this rubric, we discuss research in two areas: those...

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Risk and Return in Environmental Economics

Pindyck, Robert S. - 2012

I examine the risk/return tradeoff for environmental investments, and its implications for policy choice. Consider a policy to reduce carbon emissions. To what extent does the value of such a policy depend on the expected future damages from global warming versus uncertainty over those damages,...

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The Environment and Directed Technical Change

Acemoglu, Daron - 2009

This paper introduces endogenous and directed technical change in a growth model with environmental constraints and limited resources. A unique final good is produced by combining inputs from two sectors. One of these sectors uses "dirty" machines and thus creates environmental degradation....

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On the Economics of Extinction and Mass Extinctions

Taylor, Michael Scott; Weder, Rolf - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

concerns over the extent and rate of biodiversity loss have led to renewed interest in extinction outcomes and speculation …

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Biodiversity Finance

Flammer, Caroline; Giroux, Thomas; Heal, Geoffrey - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

The use of private capital to finance biodiversity conservation and restoration is a new practice in sustainable … finance. This study sheds light on this new practice. First, we provide a conceptual framework that lays out how biodiversity … types of financing is the "monetization" of biodiversity, that is, the extent to which investments in biodiversity can …

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Envirodevonomics : A Research Agenda for a Young Field

Greenstone, Michael - 2013

Environmental quality in many developing countries is poor and generates substantial health and productivity costs. However, existing measures of willingness to pay for environmental quality improvements indicate low valuations by affected households. This paper argues that this seeming paradox...

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Sustainability and the Measurement of Wealth

Arrow, Kenneth J. - 2010

We develop a consistent and comprehensive theoretical framework for assessing whether economic growth is compatible with sustaining well-being over time. The framework focuses on whether a comprehensive measure of wealth - one that accounts for natural capital and human capital as well as...

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Institutions, Factor Prices and Taxation : Virtues of Strong States?

Acemoglu, Daron - 2010

Many of the most pernicious economic institutions and policies create entry barriers or manipulate factor prices to transfer resources from entrepreneurs and workers to groups that hold political power. These inefficiencies partly result from the fact that direct and efficient fiscal instruments...

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