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of the forest, casting doubt on the use of simplified WTP/area measures for complex environmental goods; and (2) WTP …
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generally) and valuation methods, we show that the degree of regularity and conformity with theory and empirical expectations is …
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This study investigates empirically what is investment of local community in community forest management and … of the community invests in forest management and conservation more than rich. However, economic and forest product … benefits return of the community forest to the poor is less than the rich. Its implication on social protection of the poor …
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We analyze growth dynamics in an economy where a private good can be consumed as a substitute for a free access environmental good. In this context we show that environmental deterioration may be an engine of economic growth. To protect themselves against environmental deterioration, economic...
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We analyze an overlapping generations model where agent’s welfare depends on three goods: leisure, environmental quality and consumption of a private good. We assume that the production process of the private good depletes the natural resource and that the consumption of the private good...
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The objective of the paper is to analyze the risk management behavior of a non-industrial private forest owner under … versus a physical one. We develop a two-period model of hedging and harvesting decisions when the forest owner values the … amenity services of forest. We study the properties of optimal current and future harvesting and hedging decisions. We show …
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This study explores the feasibility of implementing a sustainable funding mechanism for ocean and coastal management in Jamaica. Results show that tourists are more willing to pay for an “environmental tax” than a general “tourism development tax”. The study found that an environmental...
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To reduce the potential for response bias on the follow-up bid in multiple-bound discrete choice CVM questions while maintaining much of the efficiency gains of the multiple-bound approach, we introduce the one-and-one-half-bound (OOHB) approach. Despite the fact that the OOHB model uses less...
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CMOS operational amplifiers (Op-amp) are present integral components in various analog circuit systems. Adding frequency compensation elements is the only critical solution for avoiding Op-amp instability. This article presents a designed two-stage CMOS Op-amp using a miller capacitor, a nulling...
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The issue of pricing nature reserves becomes more relevant as budgetary constraints become a limiting factor for their proper operation. This paper considers and compares different pricing alternatives for managing Nature Reserves (NRs) and applies them to two nature reserves in Israel. We...
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