Land Economics articles from November 1998

Land Economics archives from November 1998

Sunk costs and the natural resource extraction sector: analytical models and historical examples of hysteresis and strategic behavior in the Americas.
November 1, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION In many resource-rich regions of the world, the promise of economic growth and prosperity has brought forth massive private and public investment to enable the extraction, processing, and transport of raw materials to...

Wildlife harvest in integrated conservation and development projects: linking harvest to household demand, agricultural production, and environmental shocks in the Serengeti.
November 1, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION Integrated conservation and development projects (ICDPs) are widely promoted as a solution to the problem of biodiversity loss in developing countries. ICDPs involve quasi-contractual arrangements wherein communities on...

Ecotourism demand and differential pricing of national park access in Costa Rica.
November 1, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION A growing body of literature has emphasized the role of user fees in the management of national parks and protected areas, primarily in developed countries.(1) In developing countries seeking to balance environmental and...

Estimating the economic impact of climate change on the freshwater sportsfisheries of the northeastern U.S.
November 1, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION This study links global climate models (GCM) with ecological models of fish catch rates (yield) to determine the impact of a doubling of atmospheric C[O.sub.2] on the quality of freshwater fishing in the northeastern...

Control of stationary and mobile source air pollution: reducing emissions of hydrocarbons for ozone abatement in Connecticut.
November 1, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION Several air pollutants are emitted by both stationary and mobile sources. In many highly urbanized areas, there are large concentrations of both types of sources, causing air quality problems to be significant. When...

Input versus emission taxes: environmental taxes in a mass balance and transaction costs perspective.
November 1, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION Economists have traditionally argued for taxes or tradeable permits as superior to other pollution control instruments because they lead to an efficient allocation of control responsibility. For the past decades, most...

On-the-job search behavior: the importance of commuting time.
November 1, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION In recent years, policymakers and researchers have become increasingly interested in the question of how individuals react to increases in travel costs and travel time due to congestion or road pricing (Banister 1993;...

Measuring the effects of economic diversity on growth and stability.
November 1, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION The relationship between regional economic diversity and growth and stability has been a topic of debate for nearly 60 years. While the logic of the policy - diversification of the economic base as a means to achieve the...

Public preferences regarding the goals of farmland preservation programs: comment.(comment on Jeffrey Kline and Dennis Wichelns, Land Economics, vol.72, p. 538, 1996)
November 1, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION In a recent article in this journal, Kline and Wichelns (1996) (hereafter KW) argued that public (government) farmland preservation programs would be more efficient if broadened to include not only agricultural productive...

Public preferences regarding the goals of farmland preservation programs: reply.(response to Randall S. Rosenberger in this issue, p. 557)
November 1, 1998... In our paper we suggest that public farmland preservation programs could be more efficient in providing the benefits desired by the public if program objectives were expanded beyond preserving the most productive farmland to include...

Regulatory Takings: Law, Economics, and Politics.(Review)
November 1, 1998... by William A. Fischel Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1995, $45.00 cloth, 426pp. A regulatory taking occurs when a valid governmental action reduces the value of a private owner's property - for example, when an administrative...

Compensation for Regulatory Takings: An Economic Analysis with Applications.(Review)
November 1, 1998... by Thomas J. Miceli and Kathleen Segerson Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1996, $73.25 cloth, 268pp. A regulatory taking occurs when a valid governmental action reduces the value of a private owner's property - for example, when an...

Water Markets: Priming the Invisible Pump.(Review)
November 1, 1998... by Terry L. Anderson and Pamela Snyder Washington, DC: Cato Institute, 1997, $19.95 cloth, $10.95 paper, 220pp. The authors open their book quoting sources that dramatically describe water crises around the globe. They then pose the...