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Does the median voter consume too much water? Analyzing the redistributive role of residential water bills
(National Tax Journal, 2002-12-01)
According to allocative efficiency criteria, water in the American West is often underpriced
in urban sales. The political-economic process that motivates municipal managers to
impose the resulting deadweight losses on their ...
Measuring the dynamic efficiency costs of regulators' preferences: Municipal water utilities in the Arid West
(Econometrica, 2002-04-13)
Evidence suggests that municipal water utility administrators in the western US price
water significantly below its marginal cost and, in so doing, inefficiently exploit
aquifer stocks and induce social surplus losses. This ...
A cost-benefit analysis of water quality protection in the Catawba basin
(Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 2002-01-01)
The primary objective of this study was to perform a cost-benefit analysis of maintaining
the current level of water quality in the Catawba River basin. Economic benefits were
estimated using a stated preference survey method ...
Environmental policy and technological change
(Environmental and Resource Economics, 2002-06-26)
The relationship between technological change and environmental policy has received
increasing attention from scholars and policy makers alike over the past ten years.
This is partly because the environmental impacts of ...
Estimating the economic value of water quality protection in the Catawba River basin
(Water Resources Research, 2002-09-01)
[1] This study used stated preference methods to estimate the economic value of protecting
water quality in the Catawba River basin of North and South Carolina at its current
level. Telephone interviews were completed with ...
Migration and fishing in Indonesian coastal villages.
(Ambio, 2002-06)
The coastal ecosystems in Southeast Asia are under increased pressure from local and
global change. This paper examines human migration and the use of marine resources
in coastal villages in the Minahasa district of North ...
Discounting the Benefits of Climate Change Policies Using Uncertain Rates
(Resources, 2002-01-01)
Evaluating environmental policies, such as the mitigation of greenhouse gases, frequently
requires balancing near-term mitigation costs against long-term environmental benefits.
Conventional approaches to valuing such investments ...
The Role of the Private Sector in Protected Area Establishment and Management
(Making Parks Work: Strategies for Preserving Tropical Nature, 2002-03-01)
Most scientists and researchers working in tropical areas are convinced that parks
and protected areas are the only real hope for saving land and biodiversity in those
regions. Rather than giving up on parks that are foundering, ...