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Stakeholder participation in modeling studies is often advocated as a means to enhance the acceptability of these studies. In turn, acceptability of modeling studies is considered as an important factor stimulating their actual use in policy making. Although these hypotheses are generally...
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This paper presents the results of an internationally coordinated contingent valuation study on the benefits of reducing marine eutrophication in the Baltic Sea according to current policy targets. With over 10,500 respondents from the nine coastal states around the sea, we examine public...
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In this paper, we develop a simple model of the benefits and costs of being on a waiting list. The model shows that complex factors are in operation, implying that a shorter waiting time need not necessarily be preferred to a longer waiting time. We also present an empirical study, where a...
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This note reports the extent of somecomponents of natural resources damage from theChernobyl nuclear accident in 1986, primarily lossesin producer surplus in the reindeer industry inLapland, Sweden. The damage suffered by Swedish moosehunters has been estimated earlier. The result is alower...
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A contingent valuation survey about a reduction of the eutrophication of the Baltic Sea provided data about respondents' motives for their answers to the willingness to pay question. A categorization of the motives allowed an identification of protesters against the valuation scenario. The...
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Are environmental services luxuriesor necessities? Are low-income groupsrelatively more willing to pay forenvironmental improvements than high-incomegroups? The discussion on the shape of theenvironmental Kuznets curve and environmentaljustice call for analyses that approach thesequestions....
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Active involvement of local stakeholders is currently an increasingly important requirement in European environmental regulations such as the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). The same is true for economic analyses such as cost-benefit...
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