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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2005 This article, prepared for the forthcoming second edition of the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, provides an overview of the economics of environmental policy. Included are the setting of goals and targets, notably the Kaldor-Hicks criterion, and the related method of assessment known as benefit-cost analysis.
Robert N. Stavins
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Developing and testing an environmental economics approach to the valuation and application of urban health externalities. [PDF]
Front Public Health, 2023 BackgroundPoor quality urban environments have substantial impacts on public and planetary health. These costs to society are not readily quantifiable and remain largely external to mainstream measures of progress.
Eaton E, Hunt A, Black D.
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Environmental Economics for Environmental Protection [PDF]
The Scientific World JOURNAL, 2002 Environmental economics deals with the optimal allocation of production factors and correcting market failure in protecting the environment. Market failure occurs because of externalities, common property resources, and public goods. Environmental policy instruments include direct regulation, taxes/subsidies, tradable permits, deposit systems ...
van Ierland, E.C. +3 more
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Uncertainty in Environmental Economics [PDF]
Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2007 AbstractIn a world of certainty, the design of environmental policy is relatively straightforward, and boils down to maximizing the present value of the flow of social benefits minus costs.
Robert S. Pindyck
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Models in evolutionary economics and environmental policy: Towards an evolutionary environmental economics [PDF]
Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2009 In this paper we review evolutionary economic modelling in relation to environmental policy. We discuss three areas in which evolutionary economic models have a particularly high added value for environmental policy-making: the double externality problem, technological transitions and consumer demand.
Albert Faber, Koen Frenken
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Environmental economics and sustainable development [PDF]
BIO Web of Conferences, 2023 Environmental economics plays a pivotal role in shaping policies and strategies for sustainable development in the contemporary world. The intricate relationship between economic activities and the environment calls for an interdisciplinary approach that
Suleymanov Magomed +2 more
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Environmental norms, society, and economics [PDF]
Ecological Economics, 1994 Abstract Environmental norms seem to be on the upsurge everywhere. Norm-orientation is, however, neglected in neoclassical economics, which is fixed on Homo economicus as the model of human behaviour. The paper addresses the question whether Homo economicus needs to give way to a norm-oriented concept in environmental economics.
Mohr, Ernst
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The Effects of Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions on Pro-Environmental Behaviour: How Culture Influences Environmentally Conscious Behaviour [PDF]
THEORY METHODOLOGY PRACTICE: CLUB OF ECONOMICS IN MISKOLC 14 (1)
pp. 27-36 2018, 2022 The need for a more sustainable lifestyle is a key focus for several countries. Using a questionnaire survey conducted in Hungary, this paper examines how culture influences environmentally conscious behaviour. Having investigated the direct impact of Hofstedes cultural dimensions on pro-environmental behaviour, we found that the culture of a country ...
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Integration of Environmental Economics to Build Economic Behaviors [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2019 Environmental degradation is a global concern and an increasing one. Education is critical for promoting sustainable development and improving the capacity of people to address environment and development issues. As a conservation university, Universitas
Pujiati Amin +3 more
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The Role of Blue Carbon in Climate Change Mitigation and Carbon Stock Conservation
Frontiers in Climate, 2021 The potential for Blue Carbon ecosystems to combat climate change and provide co-benefits was discussed in the recent and influential Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate.
Nathalie Hilmi +8 more
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