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Impure Public Technologies and Environmental Policy

Balteiro, Luis Díaz.

RESUMEN: Desde que recientemente se ha reparado en los ecosistemas forestales como posibles sumideros del CO2 atmosférico, se ha propuesto el establecimiento de masas forestales como medida para reducir las concentraciones de este gas. Esto llevaría a que las plantaciones forestales presentaran objetivos adicionales de carácter ambiental. Bajo la óptica de un propietario privado o un posible inversor en esta clase de activos forestales, estas circunstancias sitúan al centro decisor ante un problema de producción conjunta, diferente al que existía hasta hace poco tiempo. Por otro lado, desde un punto de vista social interesará que la captura de carbono sea máxima. Se han estudiado dos posibles casos de forestaciones, y los resultados muestran que el...

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Carbon sequestration; Forest Economics; Forest Policy.; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q23.

Ano: 2002

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28757

Markandya, Anil; Rubbelke, Dirk T.G..

Analyses of public goods regularly address the case of pure public goods. However, a large number of (international) public goods exhibit characteristics of different degrees of publicness, i.e. they are impure public goods. In our analysis of transfers helping to overcome the inefficient provision of such goods, we therefore apply the Lancastrian characteristics approach. In contrast to the existing literature, we consider the case of a continuum of impure public goods. We employ the example of international conditional transfers targeting to overcome suboptimal low climate protection efforts by influencing the abatement technology choice of countries.

THE EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY: INTRODUCTION

Palavras-chave: Impure Public Goods; Lancastrian Characteristics Approach; Conditional Transfers; Ancillary Benefits of Climate Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; H87; Q54.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44226

Rift Valley Fever: An Economic Assessment of Agricultural and Human Vulnerability

Tauer, Loren W..

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.

Ano: 1991

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28814

Hughes-Fraire, Randi; Hagerman, Amy D.; McCarl, Bruce A.; Gaff, Holly.

This research focused on the assessment of the U.S. agricultural sector and human vulnerability to a Rift Valley Fever (RVF) outbreak and the implications of a select set of alternative disease control strategies. Livestock impact assessment is done by using an integrated epidemic/economic model to examine the extent of RVF spread in the Southeast Texas livestock population and its consequences plus the outcome of implementing two different control strategies: emergency vaccination and larvicide vector control separately plus when they are used simultaneously. Human impact assessment utilized an inferential procedure, which comprises of a cost of illness calculation to assess the dollar cost of human illnesses and deaths, as well as a Disability Adjusted...

Empirical Assessment of Baseline Conservation Tillage Adoption Rates and Soil Carbon Sequestration in the Upper Mississippi River Basin

Palavras-chave: Rift Valley Fever; Outbreak; Welfare; Vaccination; Larvicide.; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98629

Kurkalova, Lyubov A.; Kling, Catherine L..

The study proposes a methodology for developing a carbon sequestration baseline attributable to the current use of conservation tillage. An integral component of the methodology is the explicit acknowledgment that there is an uncertainty in the baseline because of the uncertainty associated with the use of econometrically estimated models. The results of applying the method to a major crop production area, the Upper Mississippi River Basin in the central United States, are reported for two major crops in the region, corn and soybeans. The approach to estimation of the baseline should be readily transferable to other geographic areas and conservation practices.

Environment, irreversibility and optimal effluent standards

Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21169

THE TEXAS RICE INDUSTRY COALITION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (R.I.C.E.): MAIN POINTS FROM SIX FOCUS GROUPS

Jou, Jyh-Bang.

The present article investigates the use of performance standards to correct environmental externalities. Each firm in an industry emits waste in the production process, and, in turn, the average waste emissions of the industry adversely affect the firm's productivity. The firm, which incurs sunk costs when employing capital to abate waste emissions, is uncertain about the efficiency of capital. The firm will underestimate environmental externalities and will therefore pollute more than is socially efficient. To correct this tendency, the regulator can set a limit on either emissions or the emission‐output ratio at the socially efficient level. The firm will invest more, produce more, and pollute less when the regulator implements the former than when the...

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.

Ano: 2004

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117864

Thurow, Amy Purvis; Rister, M. Edward; Sneary, Shannon L.; Stasny, Sarah.

The Texas Rice Industry Coalition for the Environment (R.I.C.E.) was formed in February, 1995. Their stated mission is to build a coalition of interests to foster and strengthen relationships between the rice industry and the natural resources of our rice-producing area in Texas. In June, 1995, a series of six focus groups was conducted. These round table discussions involved two groups of producers (from the East Side and West Side of Houston), two groups of environmentalists in the Houston area, and two groups of non-farming Houstonians (adults and children). These focus groups were structured to elicit opinions from various viewpoints concerning the opportunities, challenges, and priorities of Texas R.I.C.E. The goal of the two producers focus...

AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE 1990S: CHANGING SETTING AND CHARACTERISTICS

Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.

Ano: 1997

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23971

Zinn, Jeffrey A..

UMA ANÁLISE DO CUSTO DE VIAGEM PARA A PRAIA DA AVENIDA EM MACEIÓ

Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.

Ano: 1992

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17195

Abreu, Eliane Aparecida Pereira De; Silva, Agnaldo Gomes da; Silva Junior, Gilberto Gomes Da; Melo, Rebecca Suzannah Nascimento De.

A cidade de Maceió em Alagoas constitui uma cidade litorânea da Região Nordeste do Brasil dotada de beleza natural tais como praias e lagoas, as quais constituem atrativos para o turismo tanto nacional como internacional. Todavia, nesta o crescimento do setor turístico tem sido afetado pela poluição dos recursos ambientais, mais especificamente o despejo do esgoto em praias e lagoas. Dentre as praias urbanas de Maceió, a Praia da Avenida apresenta as piores condições, sendo isto evidenciado pela poluição, pela destruição do calçadão, a fraca iluminação e o pouco policiamento. Em decorrência dos efeitos benéficos do tratamento dos recursos ambientais e o impacto na saúde e no turismo, este estudo tem como objetivo estimar o valor que a população atribui à...

Managing nitrate pollution in a Tunisian irrigated area: A multi-criteria analysis approach

Palavras-chave: : Valoração Econômica; Custo de Viagem; Economia Ambiental; Economical valoração; Trip cost; Environmental economy; Environmental Economics and Policy.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114116

Laajimi, Abderraouf; Ben Nasr, J.; Ferchichi, M..

In Tunisia, the extension of irrigated area is justified by its important role in the development and diversification of agricultural production. Nevertheless, the strong intensification of the agricultural activities may lead to the pollution of underground water resources due to an excess use of fertilisers and other chemical products. In fact, the high nitrate concentrations observed in some Tunisian irrigated areas, are related to the excessive use of nitrate fertilizers in intensive agriculture. The objective of the present study is to implement decision-making methods allowing a better combination of factors production by optimization of an economic objective and an environmental objective. This research is based on multi-criteria modelling through...

A METODOLOGIA DA PRODUÇÃO MAIS LIMPA EM EMPRESAS RURAIS

Palavras-chave: Nitrate pollution; Environmental impact; Multicriteria analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44186

Silva, Ana Maria Navaes Da; Albuquerque, Jose de Lima; Silva, Elizandro Souza Da; Da Silva, Rosineide Vieira; Santos, Cleidijane Siqueira.

O objetivo desse artigo é mostrar que a metodologia da Produção Mais Limpa pode ser aplicada em empresas rurais assim como é implementada pelo setor industrial. No modo de produção atual do setor primário e industrial existem pelo menos duas características comuns a ambos, são elas: o desperdício de matérias-primas e de energia. O anseio de minimizar ou eliminar as causas e os efeitos desta situação são os principais objetivos da Produção Mais Limpa. Este trabalho procurou realizar uma pesquisa através da coleta de dados secundários em periódicos, artigos técnicos e bibliografia especializada sobre a contribuição da metodologia da produção mais limpa para a eficiência e eficácia das empresas rurais. Percebeu-se que as empresas, ao adotarem esse modelo de...

Global Warming and the Future of Pacific Island Countries

Palavras-chave: Produção mais limpa; Qualidade total; Metodologia; Agribusiness; Environmental Economics and Policy.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102891

Tisdell, Clement A..

This article briefly outlines the cause of global warming, its trends and consequences as indicated by the International Panel on Climate Change. Sea-level rise is one consequence of particular concern to Pacific island states. It also reviews the views of economists about connections between economic growth and global warming. Whereas the majority of economists did not foresee a conflict between economic growth and global warming, the possibility of such a conflict is now more widely recognized following the Stern Report. International efforts, such as through the Kyoto Protocol, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and their atmospheric concentration are discussed and prospects for post-Kyoto policies are considered. It is predicted that a significant...

EFFICIENCY AND EQUITY ASPECTS OF NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION CONTROLS

Palavras-chave: Climate change; Environmental Kuznets curve; Global warming; Kyoto Protocol; Pacific islands; Post Kyoto; Sea-level rise; Small island developing states; Stern Report.; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.

Ano: 2007

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55106

Spurlock, Stanley R.; Clifton, Ivery D..

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.

Ano: 1982

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30435

Bankruptcy Risk and Imperfectly Enforced Emissions Taxes

Stranlund, John K.; Zhang, Wei.

Under favorable but reasonable conditions, an imperfectly enforced emissions tax produces the efficient allocation of individual emissions control; aggregate emissions are independent of whether enforcement of the tax is sufficient to induce the full compliance of firms, and differences in individual violations are independent of firm-level differences. All of these desirable characteristics disappear when some firms under an emissions tax risk bankruptcy—the allocation of emissions control is inefficient, imperfect enforcement causes higher aggregate emissions, and financially insecure firms choose higher violations.

EMERGING RURAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Palavras-chave: Bankruptcy; Emissions Taxes; Limited Liability; Environmental Economics and Policy; Public Economics; Risk and Uncertainty; L51; Q28; Q58.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42127

Batie, Sandra S..

Identifying Common Fallacies in the Choice of Environmental Taxes for Agricultural Pollution Control: The Absence of Transaction Costs and the Normality of Agricultural Pollutants

Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.

Ano: 1988

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17663

Allocation of CO2 Emissions Allowances in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Program

Kampas, Athanasios.

The choice of environmental taxes is one of the central themes in policy design for agricultural pollution control, which dominates both empirical and theoretical research. This paper examines two assumptions very often employed in applied research, namely the absence of transaction costs and the normality of agricultural pollutants. Our results indicate that the well-known superiority of emission taxes over input taxes may not always be valid, when transaction costs are taken into account. Further more, the assumption of normal distributed agricultural pollutants overestimate the relative abatement costs.

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.

Ano: 2001

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26422

Burtraw, Dallas; Palmer, Karen L.; Kahn, Danny.

Cap-and-trade programs for air emissions have become the widely accepted, preferred approach to cost-effective pollution reduction. One of the important design questions in a trading program is how to initially distribute the emissions allowances. Under the Acid Rain program created by Title IV of the Clean Air Act, most emissions allowances were distributed to current emitters on the basis of a historic measure of electricity generation in an approach known as grandfathering. Recent proposals have suggested two alternative approaches: allocation according to a formula that is updated over time according to some performance metric in a recent year (the share of electricity generation or something else) and auctioning allowances to the highest bidders....

The Coordination and Design of Point-Nonpoint Trading Programs and Agri-Environmental Policies

Palavras-chave: Emissions trading; Allowance allocations; Electricity; Air pollution; Auction; Grandfathering; Generation performance standard; Output-based allocation; Cost-effectiveness; Greenhouse gases; Climate change; Global warming; Carbon dioxide; Sulfur dioxide; Nitrogen oxides; Mercury; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q2; Q25; Q4; L94.

Ano: 2005

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10650

Horan, Richard D.; Shortle, James S.; Abler, David G..

Agricultural agencies have long offered agri-environmental payments that are inadequate to achieve water quality goals, and many state water quality agencies are considering point-nonpoint trading to achieve the needed pollution reductions. This analysis considers both targeted and nontargeted agrienvironmental payment schemes, along with a trading program which is not spatially targeted. The degree of improved performance among these policies is found to depend on whether the programs are coordinated or not, whether double-dipping (i.e., when farmers are paid twice-once by each program-to undertake particular pollution control actions) is allowed, and whether the agri-environmental payments are targeted. Under coordination, efficiency gains only occur...

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.

Ano: 2004

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31374

The U.S. Proposed Carbon Tariffs, WTO Scrutiny and China’s Responses

Zhang, ZhongXiang.

With countries from around the world set to meet in Copenhagen to try to hammer out a post-2012 climate change agreement, no one would disagree that a U.S. commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions is essential to such a global pact. However, despite U.S. president Obama’s recent announcement to push for a commitment to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 17% by 2020, in reality it is questionable whether U.S. Congress will agree to specific emissions cuts, although they are not ambitious at all from the perspectives of both the EU and developing countries, without the imposition of carbon tariffs on Chinese products to the U.S. market, even given China’s own recent announcement to voluntarily seek to reduce its carbon intensity by 40-45% over the same...

Who Owns Carbon? Property Rights Issues in a Market for Greenhouse Gases

Palavras-chave: Post-2012 Climate Negotiations; Border Carbon Adjustments; Carbon Tariffs; Emissions Allowance Requirements; Cap-And-Trade Regime; Lieberman-Warner Bill; Waxman-Markey Bill; World Trade Organization; Kyoto Protocol; China; United States; Environmental Economics and Policy; F18; Q48; Q54; Q56; Q58.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60682