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| Lichtenberg, Erik. |
| Rapid urbanization enhances the desirability of policies for preserving open space but those policies may expand the urban boundary and create leapfrog development. We investigate this potential conflict between open space preservation and urban sprawl conceptually and empirically using data from the Baltimore-Washington suburbs. The estimated econometric model indicates that both zoning and forest planting requirements contribute to sprawl by increasing the amount of land needed to accommodate the current number of households. The impacts of these regulations on sprawl are modest, however, increasing urbanized area by less than one percent in response to a one percent increase in any of these three forms of regulation. Thus, while there does seem to... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use; R52; R14. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37812 |
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| Lichtenberg, Erik; Ding, Chengri. |
| We investigate conceptually and empirically the role of economic incentives in the primary land allocation in China in recent years. A theoretical analysis demonstrates how recent fiscal and governance reforms give rise to land conversion decisions and long run urban spatial sizes much like those generated by competitive land markets with private land ownership. An econometric investigation of Shanghai and the provinces surrounding it demonstrates the presence of rent gradients, often used as an indication of the presence of land markets. It thus appears that economic forces have continued to exercise dominant influence over primary land allocations in spite of recent administrative restrictions on land conversion. These rent gradients are strongest in the... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use; R5; R14; H11; O18. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6834 |
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| Pemberton, Carlisle A.; Mader-Charles, Kathleen. |
| The Nariva Swamp on the island of Trinidad in the Caribbean is being degraded due to increasing human activity. However, its conservation is desirable, as it is an internationally recognized wetland. The study examined an ecotourism project, with an emphasis on community participation, as a conservation approach to the Swamp, via benefit-cost analysis, where the benefits of conservation were measured by contingent valuation. Contingent valuation showed that the residents of Trinidad were willing to pay an average of $56 for conserving the Swamp. The analysis also showed that ecotourism represents an economically feasible use of ecologically fragile resources of this wetland. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Benefit-cost analysis; Contingent valuation of wetlands; Ecotourism; Q26; Q51; Q57; R14. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43521 |
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| Roder, Norbert; Kilian, Stefan. |
| In 2005, Germany implemented the Single Payment Scheme which lead to the conversion of direct payments into tradable, production decoupled, single farm payments. The transition from coupled to decoupled support instruments may impact the rate of structural change. The rate of structural change may accelerate since farms with a high share of income derived from CAP payments will abandon farming and lease their land. However, there are also good reasons why the rate of structural change might decrease especially if farmers do not behave as profit maximizers. In Germany agricultural land use is very heterogeneous with respect to management orientation and productivity even at local level. Most of the concerns related to structural change and development of... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Structural change; Data mining; Fischler Reform; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q16; Q15; R14. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44788 |
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| Guignet, Dennis; Alberini, Anna. |
| Policy has increasingly shifted towards economic incentives and liability attenuation for promoting cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated sites, but little is known about the effectiveness of such policies. An example of such legislation is State Voluntary Cleanup Programs (VCPs), which were established in the US in the 1990s and to date have been implemented in almost every state. We examine Baltimore properties that participated in the Maryland VCP from its inception in 1997 to the end of 2006. Specifically, we examine what type of properties tend to participate in these programs, how these properties compare to other eligible but non-participating sites, and what is the redevelopment potential of VCP properties and implications towards open space... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Brownfields; Contaminated Sites; Voluntary Cleanup Programs; Incentives; Environmental Economics and Policy; R14; Q58; K32. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46548 |
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