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| Khazzoom, J. Daniel. |
| The problem posed by the uninsured motorist is of concern to the general public, policyholders, insurance companies, insurance regulators, and legislators. What is striking, however, is the fragmentary nature of the information that is available and the fact that it is scattered over so many sources. Even more striking is the fact that those sources often provide conflicting estimates, and the methods used in deriving those estimates are either never spelled out or, if they are, their reliability is unknown. In view of the general concern with the problem of uninsured motorists, this paper attempts to present an overview of what we know about the uninsured motorists and how well we know what we know through the following measures: clarifying the subtleties... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Converting fixed to variable cost; Efficient pricing of auto insurance; Environmental benefit of Pay-at-the-Pump; Uninsured motorists/vehicles; Universal auto insurance; Pay-at-the-Pump insurance; Risk and Uncertainty; K4; L9; Q2; R4. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10533 |
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| Shih, Jhih-Shyang; Burtraw, Dallas; Palmer, Karen L.; Siikamaki, Juha. |
| The animal husbandry industry is a major emitter of methane, which is an important greenhouse gas. The industry is also a major emitter of ammonia, which is a precursor of fine particulate matter, arguably the number-one environment-related public health threat facing the nation. We present an integrated process model of the engineering economics of technologies to reduce methane and ammonia emissions at dairy operations in California. Three policy options are explored: greenhouse gas offset credits for methane control, particulate matter offset credits for ammonia control, and expanded net metering policies to provide revenue for the sale of electricity generated from captured methane gas. Individually, any of these policies appears to be sufficient to... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Methane; Ammonia; Carbon dioxide; Greenhouse gases; Climate change; Offset; Particulate matter; Net metering; Environmental policy; CAFO; Manure management; Biodigester; Electricity; Global warming; Cost-benefit; Incentive approach; Livestock Production/Industries; Q2; Q4; Q53. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10749 |
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| Blackman, Allen. |
| Increasingly, conventional wisdom dictates that agrarian policy in developing countries should foster a "doubly green revolution" that both protects the environment and boosts output. Like the first green revolution, such a transformation will entail convincing millions of farmers to adopt new practices and, as a result, will confront well-documented barriers to technological change in developing-country agriculture. It will also face a number of new obstacles, including a divergence between the interests of policymakers and farmers, a policy environment biased in favor of input-intensive agriculture, and the fact that many environmentally friendly technologies entail relatively high set-up costs. At least in the short run, institutional constraints will... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Developing country; Green revolution; Environment; Environmental Economics and Policy; O13; O33; Q2; Q16; Q18. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10476 |
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| Grout, Cyrus A.. |
| The agglomeration bonus literature has not recognized the potential of conditional agreements to overcome the informational requirements, particularly those of landowners, necessary to induce spatially coordinated land conservation. The model presented in this paper shows that the net social benefits produced by a conditional agglomeration bonus program are at least as large as those produced by a traditional uniform subsidy whenever the benefit function exhibits threshold effects and the uniform and CAB subsidies are equal. This result requires no assumptions about the information available to landowners. A regulator’s informational requirements are limited to the shape of the benefit function. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use; Q2. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49328 |
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| Sanchirico, James N.; Cochran, Kathryn A.; Emerson, Peter M.. |
| This paper is a guide for citizens, scientists, resource managers, and policy makers, who are interested in understanding the economic and social value of marine protected areas (MPAs). We discuss the potential benefits and costs associated with MPAs as a means of illustrating the economic and social tradeoffs inherent in implementation decisions. In general, the effectiveness of a protected area depends on a complex set of interactions between biological, economic, and institutional factors. While MPAs might provide protection for critical habitats and cultural heritage sites and, in some cases, conserve biodiversity, as a tool to enhance fishery management their impact is less certain. The uncertainty stems from the fact that MPAs only treat the symptoms... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Marine protected areas; Marine reserves; Fisheries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q0; Q2. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10795 |
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| Arnason, Ragnar. |
| Aquaculture, or more generally fish farming, and fisheries interact in several different ways. First, many types of fish farming require fish products as inputs, mostly for feeding purposes. Second, farmed fish and wild fish products compete in fish markets with consequences for both the industry and, of course, consumers. Third, fish farming generates various types of polluting agents that may affect wild fish stocks and their habitat. Several other interactions exist. This paper is primarily concerned with the implications of the first of these interactions, namely the input relationships, for the overall supply of fish products in the future. To the extent that the fish farming industry demands wild fish products such as fish meal, fish oil, etc.... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Aquaculture; Fisheries; Aquaculture and fisheries interactions; Global supply of fish; Livestock Production/Industries; Q0; Q1; Q2. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55996 |
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| Palmer, Karen L.; Sigman, Hilary; Walls, Margaret. |
| This paper explores public policies for reduction of municipal solid waste. We parameterize a simple model of waste disposal using supply and demand elasticities from the economics literature and 1990 prices and quantities of recyclable and recycled materials. Using this model, we calculate the waste reduction in response to three public policies: (i) deposit/ refunds, (ii) advance disposal fees, and (iii) recycling subsidies. The results illustrate the effects of the three policies on source reduction and recycling of five recyclable materials that comprise 56 percent of municipal solid waste: aluminum, glass, paper, plastic, and steel. The calculated responses provide information about the cost of reducing municipal solid waste through various policies.... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Solid waste; Deposit/refund; Recycling subsidy; Secondary materials; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q2; H2. |
| Ano: 1996 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10898 |
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| Huang, Ju-Chin; Smith, V. Kerry. |
| This paper argues that the widespread belief that discrete contingent valuation (CV) questions yield substantially larger estimates of the mean (and the median) willingness to pay (WTP) for nonmarket environmental resources in comparison to estimates from open-ended CV questions is unfounded. A set of Monte Carlo experiments estimate the factors influencing the performance of WTP estimates based on discrete response models. Most of the error in the WTP estimates arises from the specification errors that are common in most of the empirical models used in the literature. These experiments suggest models based on choices where WTP is dominated by non use (or passive use) values are likely to have smaller errors than where large use values influence these... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Discrete response contingent valuation; Monte Carlo; Non-market valuation; Financial Economics; C93; D12; Q2. |
| Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10546 |
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| Alavalapati, Janaki R.R.; Jose, Shibu; Stainback, G. Andrew; Matta, Jagannadha R.; Carter, Douglas R.. |
| Cogonagrass (Imperata Cylindrica), an invasive weed, is a threat to slash pine forests. Using a dynamic optimization model, we estimated the impact of cogongrass on the profitability of slash pine forestry under four scenarios: no threat of cogongrass infestation; infestation is uncertain, and no control measures are taken; infestation is uncertain, but control measures are undertaken by one landowner but not the neighbors; and infestation is uncertain, and control measures are undertaken by everyone. Results indicate that annual net returns per acre under each scenario, respectively, are $25.30, $16.97, $13.89, and $17.38. Results suggest fostering a cooperative behavior among landowners is desirable. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Cogongrass; Infestation; Invasive species; Productivity; Profitability; Q0; Q2. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37121 |
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