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Environmental fiscal reform and willingness to pay for the environment: an empirical analysis on European micro data
Ercolano, Salvatore; Gaeta, Giuseppe Lucio; Romano, Oriana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper empirically investigates the determinants of willingness to pay (WTP) for the environment, employing micro … sample. Our results show that WTP for the environment is lower in countries where an Environmental Fiscal Reform has been … fiscal reform does not affect positively the marginal willingness to pay for the environment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112897
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Genetically modified organisms in agriculture: social and economic implications
Davies, Ben; Richards, Caspian; Spash, Clive L.; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
, and largely concerned with scientific evidence of harm to human health and the environment. This contrasts with the public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260900
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Green Noise or Green Value? Measuring the Price Effects of Environmental Certification in Commercial Buildings
Fuerst, Franz; McAllister, Patrick - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Evaluating the environmental performance of a building is rapidly gaining importance as a metric in real estate investments. Since interpretation of the technical measurements is difficult and requires high expertise, investors tend to rely on markers as provided by environmental certification...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005078657
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An Intervention Analysis on the Tokyo Grain Exchange Non- Genetically Modified and Conventional Soybean Futures Market
Aruga, Kentaka - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper examines how efficiently the price premium for non-genetically modified (non-GM) soybeans at the Tokyo Grain Exchange (TGE) react to an announcement to change the contract unit, suppliers, and expiration date on the conventional soybean futures contract. Intervention analysis is used...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421990
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Bang for Your Buck: STI Risk and Pregnancy Risk as Sources of the Price Premium for Unprotected Sex
Manda, Constantine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Sex workers receive a price premium for unprotected sex. Research has inferred that the source of this premium is a compensating differential for STI risk. I introduce a compensating differential for pregnancy risk as a novel source through a simple model that incorporates both STI risk and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110048
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Estimating Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for the Individual Quality Attributes with DEA
Lee, Jeongdong; Repkine, Alexandre; Hwang, Seogwon; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
In a highly competitive environment a product’s commercial success depends increasingly more upon the ability to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005787069
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Can proactive fuel economy strategies help automakers mitigate fuel price risk?
McManus, Walter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Detroit automakers have opposed mandated improvements in fuel economy since legislation was first proposed in the 1970’s. Their opposition is based, among other considerations, on the assumption that their customers value fuel economy only when fuel prices are high. This paper presents the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790026
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Eliciting environmental preferences of Ghanaians in the laboratory: An incentive-compatible experiment
Meroz, Yael; Morone, Andrea; Morone, Piergiuseppe - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this paper we aim to look into the attributes of Ghanaians’ willingness-to-pay for green products. This would help us to assess whether Ghanaians show a preference towards environmental goods. The methodology employed to address these issues is an ‘experimentally-adapted’ CV survey...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005059094
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Household’s willingness to pay for safe drinking water: A case study of Abbottabad district
Haq, Mirajul; Usman Mustafa, Usman; Ahmad, Iftikhar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This study is based on survey data and used both the contingent valuation method and averting behaviour approach to capture HH's willingness to pay for services and quality in the drinking water sector. In case of the HH’s WTP for improved water services, the study estimates that there is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005000010
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Internet CV surveys – a cheap, fast way to get large samples of biased values?
Lindhjem, Henrik; Navrud, Ståle - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
With the current growth in broadband penetration, Internet is likely to be the data collection mode of choice for contingent valuation (CV) and stated preference research in the not so distant future. However, little is known about how this survey mode may influence data quality and welfare...
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