Land Economics articles from February 1993

Land Economics archives from February 1993

Nonmarket valuation of environmental resources.
February 1, 1993... First, Randall and Stoll (1983) and Bishop (1986) suggest that closer scrutiny of individuals' motives for valuing Q should identify attitudes consistent with the contributions we hypothesize underlie Q's separate contribution to |Mathematical...

Bioeconomic evaluation of government agricultural programs on wetlands conversion.
February 1, 1993... I. BACKGROUND Migratory waterfowl constitute an important recreational resource having value both in consumptive use (hunting) and non-consumptive use (bird watching, existence value). In a major study of migratory waterfowl and wetlands some...

Irrigation districts and water markets: an application of cooperative decision-making theory.
February 1, 1993... I. INTRODUCTION Nearly 90 percent of all water consumption in the Western U.S. occurs in irrigated agriculture, prompting the observation that modest transfers of water from rural to urban users could satisfy the growing nonagricultural demand...

The impact of the Miami Metrorail on the value of residences near station locations.
February 1, 1993... I. INTRODUCTION The role of transportation in the evolution of urban form has long been a central component of models of urban development. The basis of the relationship is that access to a market, downtown, or other central point is an...

Factors influencing a farmer's decision to invest in long-term conservation improvements.
February 1, 1993... I. INTRODUCTION The environmental agenda is more important today in Farm Bill debates than it has been historically. Policymakers have responded by introducing programs such as the conservation reserve program as well as linking other farm...

Environmental compliance and energy exploration and production: application to offshore oil and gas.
February 1, 1993... Opaluch, James J., and Thomas A. Grigalunas. 1984. "Controlling Stochastic Pollution Events through Liability Rules: Some Evidence from OCS Leasing." The Rand Journal of Economics 15 (1):142-51. Peterson, Frederick M., and A. C. Fisher. 1977....

The opportunity cost of capital and optimal vessel size in the Norwegian fishing fleet.
February 1, 1993... I. INTRODUCTION Conrad and Unger (1987) describe a method to test for optimality in the level of a fixed factor used in a production process. The testing procedure is to compare the current level of the fixed factor to the level that would be...