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| Ganewatta, Gaminda; Grahlmann, Linda; Handmer, John. |
| Allocating scare resources for fire management strategies requires information on the extent of economic losses from bushfires and the efficiency of alternatives. Despite the severity of bushfires, there is no agreed approach in Australia for estimating economic losses from fires nor for evaluating the economic efficiency of alternative suppression strategies. The poster proposes approaches to assess the economic effects of bushfires on local and state economies and sets out models to evaluate the economic efficiency of two key bushfire management strategies: presuppression and suppression. The first model arises from questions concerning the value of pre-suppression (before the fire) fuel reduction activities, and the estimation of an economically optimal... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; A11; H4; Q51; Q54. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25278 |
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| Ferto, Imre. |
| The paper investigates the consensus among Hungarian agricultural economists on specific propositions on the basis of a 2004 survey using a consensus index. In comparison to previous studies of agricultural economists much more diverse found among agricultural economists. In contrast to earlier studies, we have no found evidence of a difference between positive and normative propositions. The results suggest that personal characteristics of agricultural economists, like age, occupation, educational background may have influence on the pattern of responses. We also found some support to the role of positive and normative influences on policy judgement. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural economists; Consensus; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; A11. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24669 |
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| Popp, Jennie S. Hughes; Abdula, Arby; Newton, Doris J.; Pittman, Dianne; Danforth, Diana M.. |
| Research in the mid 1900s suggested that salary gaps existed between men and women in academia. Though the research helped bring attention to salary gaps, less focus was on causes of salary differences. More recent research suggested differences in salaries were based on performance. A survey was sent to agricultural economics professionals at land grant intuitions to identify the factors that influence their salaries. Results of the ordered probit model suggest that seven variables can be used to explain salaries: having attained tenure, working at an 1862 institution, the amount of grant dollars, the number of journal articles, highest academic rank and the percentage of appointment that is in administration (positive influences) and importance of... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Salary and performance; Tracking survey; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; A11; A14. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46722 |
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