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Environmental Valuation : The Sum of Specific Damages Approach

Graves, Philip E. - 2014

There is no abstract for this book chapter. It outlines one of the commonly used methods of valuing environmental improvements, discussing the implicit assumptions about perceptions that are embedded in this approach

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The Missing Benefits of Clean Water and the Role of Mismeasured Pollution

Keiser, David - 2018

Although the U.S. spends billions of dollars a year controlling water pollution, there is little empirical evidence of … comparable benefits. This study argues that measurement error in pollution data causes benefits to be underestimated. Using … nutrient pollution. Instrumental variable estimates of the effects of phosphorus on recreational use are an order of magnitude …

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Chapter 7. Quasi-experimental methods in environmental economics: Opportunities and challenges

Deschenes, Olivier; Meng, Kyle C. - In: Handbook of environmental economics : Volume 4, (pp. 285-332). 2018

This paper examines the application of quasi-experimental methods in environmental economics. We begin with two observations: (i) standard quasi-experimental methods, first applied in other microeconomic fields, typically assume unit-level treatments that do not spill over across units; (ii)...

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The Response of Local Corporate Sustainability to Environmental Disasters : Evidence from Wildfires

Branikas, Ioannis; Buchbinder, Gabriel; Ding, Yugang; … - 2021

Environmental disasters are thought to increase the focus on corporate sustainability in the communities where they occur. Extracting data on wildfires (a frequent type of disaster in the U.S.) and using ESG ratings and EPA air enforcement actions to construct measures of local corporate...

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A Study on Pragmatic Repercussions of CETP Towards MSMEs : A Boon or Drawback

Tiwari, Radha; thakkar, Himanshu; Chandegara, Vatsal - 2022

pollution. This paper strives to explore the pragmatic repercussions of CETP on MSMEs by the study of six CETP in operation at …

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Dirty Dance : Tourism and Environment

Cevik, Serhan - 2022

Tourism was one of the fastest-growing sectors before the COVID-19 pandemic, accounting for about 10 percent of global GDP. But it has also created a number of challenges including environmental degradation, especially in small island countries where the carbon footprint of tourism constitute...

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The Hedonic Method : Value of Statistical Life, Wage Compensation, and Property Value Compensation

Graves, Philip E. - 2011

There is no abstract for this book chapter, however it describes how the hedonic method is used to infer the value of a statistical life as well as environmental and other amenities. The emphasis is upon the policy implications of employing this approach, since many others have summarized the...

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Global Negative Effects of the Technological Change on Human Health : The High Incidence of Cancers in the Anthropocene

Coccia, Mario - 2017

resources depletion, engenders anthropogenic environmental change and pollution of ecosystems conducive to carcinogens. A main …

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Understanding Spatiotemporal Forms, Triggers and Consequences of Urban Dynamics in Taipei : 1990-2005 (Presentation Slides)

Lemenkova, Polina - 2020

Current research aims at spatio-temporal analysis of urban dynamics in study area during 15 years (1990-2005). Research objective: application of geoinformatic tools, remote sensing data and application of methodology to spatial analysis for urban studies, a case study of Taipei. Current...

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Processing Remote Sensing Data Using Erdas Imagine for Mapping Aegean Sea Region, Turkey (Presentation Slides)

Lemenkova, Polina - 2019

The presentation shows using Erdas Imagine software for processing remote sensing data with a case study of Landsa TM images classified to detected land cover types in Aegean region, west Turkey. Two images were processed using Erdas Imageine, classified and changes in landscapes compared. The...

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