Land Economics articles from May 1994

Land Economics archives from May 1994

Should preferences count? (resource allocation)
May 1, 1994... Sen, A. K. 1977. "Rational Fools: A Critique of the Behavioral Foundations of Economic Theory." Philosophy and Public Affairs 6 (4):327-44. Skinner, B. F. 1953. Science and Human Behavior. New York: Macmillan. Tversky, A., and D. Kahneman....

Hypothetical surveys and real economic commitments.
May 1, 1994... I. INTRODUCTION Implicit to ongoing uses of the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) as a method for estimating social values for nonmarket environmental goods is the assumption that willingness-to-pay (WTP) amounts reported by subjects may be...

Emission trading vs. rigid regulations in the control of vehicle emissions.
May 1, 1994... I. INTRODUCTION The economist's call for market-based mechanisms for controlling pollution appears to be finally reaching policymakers as incentive-based systems for the control of a number of pollutants are being adopted or seriously...

Why don't households connect to the piped water system? Observations from Tunis, Tunisia.
May 1, 1994... I. INTRODUCTION A household's decision over whether or not to connect to the piped water system has rarely been examined in the context of developing countries. Altaf et al. (1992) studied this question for rural households in the Punjab,...

Equity in infrastructure finance: when are impact fees justified?
May 1, 1994... I. INTRODUCTION The question of who should bear the cost of servicing new development has generated much attention in recent years. One approach to this issue, the financing of infrastructure through impact fees levied on new development, has...

Using referendum data to characterize public support for purchasing development rights to farmland.
May 1, 1994... I. INTRODUCTION Purchase of development rights (PDR) programs are used by several state governments in the northeast to prevent the conversion of farmland to nonagricultural uses. With few exceptions, public funding for purchasing development...

Costs of an agricultural wetland reserve.
May 1, 1994... I. INTRODUCTION Wetlands constitute some of our most productive natural habitats and valuable wildlands (Tiner 1984). Agricultural uses accounted for an estimated 87 percent of the 13.8 million acres of wetlands converted between the...

Efficiency in the production of rural road services: the case of New England towns.
May 1, 1994... I. INTRODUCTION The ability of local public officials in rural areas to perform their functions effectively has come under increased scrutiny in recent years. Structural limitations and narrow managerial capacity have consistently hampered...