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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Cultural capital influences a wide range of social and economic outcomes, yet quantitative measures suitable for policy analysis remain limited. We develop county‐level cultural capital indices for the US based on Bourdieu's framework of objectified, embodied, and institutionalized cultural capital.
Pratyoosh Kashyap +2 more
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From Cost-Benefit to Institutional Analysis in The Economics of the Environment
Contemporary Economics, 2013 Economics of the environment as an applied field of economics was established during the 1960s. At the time of its foundation, neoclassical environmental economics represented the mainstream view regarding the explanation of the causes of environmental ...
Lenka Slavikova
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Self-preservation strategy for approaching global warming targets in the post-Paris Agreement era
Nature Communications, 2020 The emission allocation strategies of global scenarios do not specify the potential benefits from extra climate mitigation efforts. Here the authors show that compared to the current Nationally Distributed Contributions, the proposed self-preservation ...
Yi-Ming Wei +12 more
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On behavioral-environmental economics
, 2008 Traditional environmental and resource economics uses rational choice theory to guide the evaluation of alternative policy options to correct market failure.
Taylor, Laura O, Shogren, Jason F,
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines interval selection in the Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage Rainfall Index (PRF‐RI) program and evaluates how uniform premium subsidy rates affect optimal interval selections. Using South Dakota as a case study, we show a trend of increasing selection of nonproduction intervals from 2013 to 2024, raising concerns about program
Whoi Cho, Matthew Diersen
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Disruptions in global fertilizer markets and climate targets have increased interest in fossil‐free mineral nitrogen fertilizers. This study examines farmers' preferences for conventional (fossil‐based) and fossil‐free fertilizers using a labeled discrete choice experiment with 211 Swedish farmers.
Nasir Adam +5 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using nationwide data on the US Environmental Protection Agency's Risk Management Plan (RMP) program, we examine the proportions of underserved populations living near facilities that use extremely hazardous chemicals, both before and after accidents involving fires, explosions, and/or toxic vapors occur.
Karlee Cook +3 more
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Economic instruments and environmental policy [PDF]
Economic and Social Review, 2005 The ESR/DEW Guest Lecture. This paper was an invited presentation at the Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Irish Economic Association in Kilkenny, May 6-8 ...
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Collective agri‐environmental schemes offer a promising approach to improve biodiversity promotion in agriculture by providing landscape connectivity. However, how to design these schemes to foster participation in the presence of farmers' heterogeneous preferences and perceived transaction costs remains an open question.
Louisa Wyss +3 more
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WAEA Keynote Address: Behavioral Environmental Economics: Money Pumps & Nudges
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2012 Herein we explore how money pumps from rational choice theory and nudges from behavioral economics work toward helping create better environmental policy. We examine the role of money pumps in environmental policy, and whether policymakers can use nudges
Jason F. Shogren
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