Land Economics articles from February 1999

Land Economics archives from February 1999

Analyzing the reductions in U.S. air pollution emissions: 1970 to 1990.
February 1, 1999... I. INTRODUCTION A growing body of cross-country evidence suggests that "inverted-U" relationships exist between gross domestic product (GDP) and some types of pollution.(1) That is, while pollution may initially increase with development,...

Estimating the demand for air quality: new evidence based on the Chicago housing market.(includes appendices)(Illinois)
February 1, 1999... I. INTRODUCTION Measuring the welfare impact of environmental degradation, particularly air pollution, using hedonic techniques has remained an important area of empirical research in the past few decades. The use of hedonic benefit...

Economic implications of climate change for U.S. agriculture: assessing recent evidence.
February 1, 1999... I. INTRODUCTION Two recent events assure continued interest in climate change among researchers and policy makers. First, was the putting into force of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC).(1) This convention is...

Roads, population pressures, and deforestation in Thailand, 1976-1989.(includes appendix)
February 1, 1999... I. INTRODUCTION Tropical deforestation is considered to be one of the major environmental disasters of the twentieth century, yet there have been few careful studies of its causes.(1) This paper examines the causes of deforestation in...

Evaluating the economic impact of planning controls in the United Kingdom: some implications for housing.
February 1, 1999... I. INTRODUCTION This paper examines some implications for the housing market of the operation of the land use planning system in the United Kingdom and draws out the relevance of the methodology used for other forms of land use regulation...

Regional economic development: an export stag4s framework.
February 1, 1999... I. INTRODUCTION It has been found useful for some time to approach the question of long-run economic change in terms of a sequence of distinctive intervals, this forming the basis for various "stages theories." Among the best-known...

Willingness-to-pay estimates using the Double-Bounded Dichotomous-Choice Contingent Valuation format: a test for validity and precision in a Bayesian format.(includes appendix)
February 1, 1999... I. INTRODUCTION Eliciting satisfactory estimates of nonmarket values through contingent valuation (CV) methods remains a constant struggle to avoid bias and increase precision. A potential pitfall is giving respondents unintentional cues...

Yea-saying in contingent valuation surveys.
February 1, 1999... I. INTRODUCTION A number of recent papers have provided estimates of willingness to pay (WTP) derived in contingent valuation (CVM) surveys exceeding those revealed in experimental or real-life markets. Cummings, Harrison, and Rutstrom...

Sunk capital and negotiated resolutions of environmental conflicts.(includes appendix)
February 1, 1999... I. INTRODUCTION Perhaps beginning with Coase (1960), there is a long history of analyses of negotiated resolutions of externality problems. When negotiating costs are low and property rights are well-established, conventional wisdom...

The land economics of Aldo Leopold.(conservationist)
February 1, 1999... I. INTRODUCTION Ongoing debate in our nation's capital over diminishing the federal government's role in environmental conservation gives the economic insights of Aldo Leopold new relevance. Leopold did not claim to be a land economist,...

Valuing Nature? Economics, Ethics, and Environment.(Review)
February 1, 1999... edited by John Foster New York: Routledge, 1997, $74.95 cloth, $25.99 paper, 286pp. Economists like to argue that any choice, including a choice that effects the environment in any way, has economic implications. These economic...