Land Economics articles from February 1998

Land Economics archives from February 1998

The intergenerational case of missing markets and missing voters.
February 1, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION In the latter half of the 20th century, novel forms of pollutants (e.g., chlorofluorocarbons, greenhouse gases, cadmium, plutonium) have placed current and future generations at risk. These pollutants can result in market...

The political economy of wildlife exploitation.
February 1, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION There are three identified basic driving forces behind the threat of extinction of animal species. First of all, economic and biological overexploitation has been emphasized. The earliest analysis discussed open access...

Spatial boundaries and choice set definition in a Random Utility Model of recreation demand.
February 1, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION A research question that arises in the development of any Random Utility Model (RUM) of recreation is the definition of choice set. In this paper we are concerned specifically with using spatial boundaries to define choice sets...

Bid design and yea saying in single-bounded, dichotomous-choice questions.
February 1, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION Bid design in dichotomous-choice, contingent-valuation questions has been an issue of considerable concern and debate ever since the first application by Bishop and Heberlein (1979). Bishop, after discussing general bid-design...

Improved estimation of willingness to pay in dichotomous choice contingent valuation studies.
February 1, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION There is a large literature on optimal study design in contingent valuation studies, with much current research being based at least in pan around the recommendations of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

Federal timber restrictions and interregional arbitrage in U.S. lumber.
February 1, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION A principal source of conflict regarding the protection of natural areas is the extent to which restrictions on land use alter the economic welfare of various stakeholders. In this paper we focus on efforts to protect the...

Environmental motivations for migration: population pressure, poverty, and deforestation in the Philippines.
February 1, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION Population pressure is generally accepted as a prime cause of ozone depletion, deforestation, greenhouse gas accumulation, pollution, and general large scale reductions in environmental quality. Migration can be a temporary...

Principles for the provision of public goods from agriculture: modeling moorland conservation in Scotland.
February 1, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION The Polluter Pays Principle has become a well-known and widely applied concept in the OECD since its establishment in the early 1970s. It was first put forward as one of the "Guiding Principles Concerning the International...

On-farm adoption of conservation practices: the role of farm and farmer characteristics, perceptions, and health hazards.
February 1, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION Since the 1980s, concern about environmental degradation by agriculture has gained currency as its associated costs to society - that is, soil erosion, health hazards, and ground water pollution - have become better known and...