The risk of non-indigenous pests entering theUK via international trade in fresh produce isincreasing. Suppliers of fresh produce to UK and EUmultiple retailers are utilising new procurement areasfor fresh produce importation to reduce their costs ofproduction. The objective of this paper is to...

According to neoclassical economic theory, a stated preference elicitation format comprising a single binary choice between the status quo and one alternative is incentive compatible under certain conditions. Formats typically used in choice experiments comprising a sequence of discrete choice...

Underground telecommunications and low-voltage electricity networks have several advantages over overhead networks including reliability of supply, safety and improved visual amenity. The economic viability of replacing existing overhead networks with new underground networks depends on the...

There is a growing body of evidence in the non-market valuation literature suggesting that responses to a sequence of discrete choice questions tend to violate the assumptions typically made by analysts regarding independence of responses and stability of preferences. Heuristics such as value...

Estimates of environmental values are frequently required as inputs to cost‐benefit analyses when evaluating alternative options for managing natural resources. One strategy to avoid the high cost of conducting empirical work when non‐market values are involved is to use value estimates from...

According to neoclassical economic theory, a stated preference elicitationformat comprising a single binary choice between the status quo and one alternative isincentive compatible under certain conditions. Formats typically used in choiceexperiments comprising a sequence of discrete choice...

There is a growing body of evidence in the non-market valuation literaturesuggesting that responses to a sequence of discrete choice questions tend to violate theassumptions typically made by analysts regarding independence of responses andstability of preferences. Heuristics such as value...

With increasing industrialisation and urbanisation, more and more of China’s scarce water resources are being transferred from low-value agricultural use to high-value industrial and domestic uses. The challenge now facing decision makers is how to resolve the conflict between increasing food...

Trading in carbon emissions is a means of ensuring that supplies with the lowest marginal costs of emissions reduction are commissioned first. To analyse the potential for Mexican suppliers to participate in an emissions trading market, the relative cost-effectiveness of a carbon sequestration...