En este artículo se utiliza un modelo de valor actual neto para obtener en forma conjunta la disposición a pagar (DAP) y la tasa de descuento intertemporal por un programa de conservación ambiental de la biodiversidad cuyos períodos de pago se extienden en el tiempo. Se realizan encuestas de...

Nous présentons un modèle théorique dans lequel des ménages consomment une aménité climatique, où le climat modifie leur goût pour un mode de vie extérieur (effet barbecue) et où le prix unitaire des migrations alternantes dépend du climat (effet verglas). Des prédictions théoriques...

This study comprehensively assesses the immediate effects of extreme weather conditions and high concentrations of ambient air pollution on population health. For Germany and the years 1999 to 2008, we link the universe of all 170 million hospital admissions, along with all 8 million deaths,...

Following the critique of Pinkse & Slade (2010) and Gibbons & Overman (2012), we develop an instrument for the estimation of local price effects of cell phone base stations (CPBS) in an urban area. The instrument is derived from the spatial structure of the network and technical and regulatory...

.Carbon markets emerged as a consequence of efforts carried out by the United Nations in its efforts aimed at combating the effects of climate change. The United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change through the Kyoto Protocol (KP) is a key part of this effort as it encouraged the...

This paper presents an economic valuation of Ulu Temburong National Park, located on the island of Borneo, which has great potential as a repository of biodiversity and an ecotourism destination. The paper employed the contingent valuation (CV) method to estimate the willingness to pay (WTP) of...

The Urban Heat Island (UHI) provides direct evidence of how human activities contribute to a feedback loop that can result in multiple changes in ecosystem services by creating localized warming as well as differences in vegetated landscapes in areas surrounding the urban core. This paper...

This paper tests whether changes in “incidental emotions” lead to changes in economic choices. Incidental emotions are experienced at the time of an economic decision but are not part of the payoff from a particular choice. As such, the standard economic model predicts that incidental...

The paper investigates spatial heterogeneity of the public’s preferences for the implementation of a new country-wide forest management and protection program in Poland. Spatial econometric methods and high resolution geographical information system (GIS) data related to forest characteristics...

The article presents assessment of ecosystem services for National Park ”Lake Pleshcheevo”.