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Using involvement to understand responses to biosecurity
Bewsell, Denise; Bigsby, Hugh R.; Cullen, Ross - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2009
The effectiveness of biosecurity measures at national borders is influenced by the behaviour and levels of involvement … the response of individuals to New Zealand biosecurity requirements. A range of people associated with the agricultural … biosecurity. The results indicated that most respondents had medium to high levels of involvement. This implies that respondents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008802942
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Valuing indigenous biodiversity in the freshwater environment
Bell, Brian A.; Yap, Michael; Cudby, Charlotte - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2009
Biosecurity incursion response decisions require timely, high quality information involving science and economics. The …. The hypothetical incursion of Biosecurity New Zealand’s top priority weed hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) in a typical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008802943
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A review of Multi-Agent Simulation Models in Agriculture
Kaye-Blake, William; Li, F.Y.; Martin, A.M.; McDermott, Alan - 2009
Multi-Agent Simulation (MAS) models are intended to capture emergent properties of complex systems that are not amenable to equilibrium analysis. They are beginning to see some use for analysing agricultural systems. The paper reports on work in progress to create a MAS for specific sectors in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443666
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Friend or Foe? The Kyoto Protocol and the NZ Greenhouse Industry
Barber, Andrew; Parminter, Irene - 2004
The greenhouse sector has reinvented itself as a technologically advanced and relatively environmentally friendly industry over the past 15 years. However it remains a high energy user. Two recent surveys have highlighted the potential impact on greenhouse grower costs of the proposed emissions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443698
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The Relationship Between Wildfire and Welfare
Kaval, Pamela; Loomis, John B. - 2005
We used the well-being evaluation method, a technique for measuring individual utility, to study how people in the wildland urban interface of Colorado (USA) felt about their lives before and after two wildfire scenarios. Variables such as age, family size, fire frequency, and house value were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443715
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Understanding Spatial Welfare Impacts of a Grain Ethanol Plant
Van Wart, Justin; Perrin, Richard K. - 2009
A changing world of increasing complexity, fluctuating prices, high energy costs and limited data necessitate creative blending of economic theory and available empirical statistics to understand the welfare impacts in a specific market. In this paper, a programming approach is used in tandem...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444790
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IS THE PROFIT MOTIVE AN IMPORTANT DETERMINANT OF GRAZING LAND USE AND RANCHER MOTIVE?
Torell, L. Allen; Bailey, Scott A. - 2000
We build our economic models and estimate grazing policy impacts based on the standard economic model of profit maximization. Yet, over 30 years of research and observation has shown that, for many, consumptive and quality of life values are the most important reasons for the purchase of western...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444872
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Modelling Waikato Farm Nitrogen Discharges for Policy Analysis
Ramilan, Thiagarajah; Scrimgeour, Frank G. - 2005
This study describes the development of bio economic models examining the economic and water quality impact of various proposed policy options in the Upper Waikato catchment. In the first phase nitrogen emissions are determined for representative farming systems using the Overseer nutrient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446323
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2009
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446503
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IS THE PROFIT MOTIVE AN IMPORTANT DETERMINANT OF GRAZING LAND USE AND RANCHER MOTIVE?
Torell, L. Allen; Bailey, Scott A. - Western Agricultural Economics Association - WAEA - 2000
We build our economic models and estimate grazing policy impacts based on the standard economic model of profit maximization. Yet, over 30 years of research and observation has shown that, for many, consumptive and quality of life values are the most important reasons for the purchase of western...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005522439