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1. (De)growth and welfare in an equilibrium model with heterogeneous consumers

Author:
T. Heikkinen
Source:
Ecological economics 2015 v.116 pp. 330-340
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
consumer economics; ecological economics; simulation models; socioeconomic development; socioeconomic status
Abstract:
... This paper studies equilibrium growth and voluntary degrowth, allowing for heterogeneous and time-varying preferences. The approach is based on applying a dynamic equilibrium model with externalities in production, consumption, and leisure. Preference heterogeneity regarding status competition is modeled by asymmetric consumption externality parameters whereas heterogeneity regarding voluntary sim ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.05.005

2. (In)compatibilities in sustainable luxury signals

Author:
Victoria-Sophie Osburg; Vignesh Yoganathan; Fraser McLeay; Mbaye Fall Diallo
Source:
Ecological economics 2022 v.196 pp. 107430
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
ecological economics; new markets; willingness to pay
Abstract:
... There is an emerging trend of firms positioning themselves as both sustainable and luxurious. While it is unclear whether this offers new market opportunities, there remains a debate about the implications of signaling luxury and sustainability credentials together, particularly in the service context. In two studies, we build on Signaling Theory to examine: a) effects on customers of separately a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107430

3. (Un)flatten the curve: A simple model of sink capacity

Author:
Deepak Malghan
Source:
Ecological economics 2021 v.182 pp. 106826
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
arithmetics; dynamics; ecological economics; economists; exercise; models; pandemic; public health; sustainable communities
Abstract:
... The ongoing COIVD19 pandemic has brought public attention to exponential growth dynamics. “Flatten the curve” has become the clarion call of public health systems around the world struggling to cope with the burgeoning pandemic. Can ecological economists use this “meme moment” to bring exponential growth into the public discourse on sustainability? We present a modest proposal rooted in the elemen ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106826

4. 100 percent reserve banking: A critical review of green perspectives

Author:
Kristofer Dittmer
Source:
Ecological economics 2015 v.109 pp. 9-16
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
banking; capital; debt; economic development; economists; resource allocation
Abstract:
... 100 percent reserve banking (C-PeRB) is an enduring proposal for monetary reform that has been taken up by some ecological economists. This paper identifies three groups of green arguments in favor of C-PeRB, and offers some criticism. First, the proposal could serve to constrain new investments by the availability of savings, thereby checking economic growth. However, this would strongly increase ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.11.006

5. A Bioeconomic Model of Ecosystem Services Provision: Coffee Berry Borer and Shade-grown Coffee in Colombia

Author:
Shady S. Atallah; Miguel I. Gómez; Juliana Jaramillo
Source:
Ecological economics 2018 v.144 pp. 129-138
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
Hypothenemus hampei; bioeconomic models; climate; crop yield; ecosystem services; farmers; intercropping; pest control; prices; shade; shade trees; shrubs; Colombia
Abstract:
... Transitioning from intensive, sun-grown to shade-grown coffee systems is promoted as a promising ecosystem-based climate adaptation strategy. Intercropping shade trees with coffee shrubs can produce multiple ecosystem services. Depending on the shade cover levels, however, the joint production of these services might be complementary or competitive based on their impacts on coffee yields. We devel ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.08.002

6. A Bottom-up Approach to Environmental Cost-Benefit Analysis

Author:
Johannes Friedrich Carolus; Nick Hanley; Søren Bøye Olsen; Søren Marcus Pedersen
Source:
Ecological economics 2018 v.152 pp. 282-295
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
case studies; cost benefit analysis; decision making; environmental policy; planning; rivers; social welfare; society; stakeholders; watersheds; Latvia; Sweden
Abstract:
... Cost-Benefit Analysis is a method to assess the effects of policies and projects on social welfare. CBAs are usually applied in a top-down approach, in the sense that a decision-making body first decides on which policies or projects are to be considered, and then applies a set of uniform criteria to identifying and valuing relevant cost and benefit flows. This paper investigates the possible adva ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.06.009

7. A Comparative Analysis of Fishing Rights From a Transaction Cost Perspective

Author:
Jing Liu; Tianbao Qin
Source:
Ecological economics 2018 v.153 pp. 89-99
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
overfishing; Australia; Canada; Mexico; New Zealand; South Africa
Abstract:
... Different types of fishing rights are used to address the problem of overfishing. The three most commonly used are limited entry system, individual quotas and territorial use rights in fisheries. Substantial transaction costs can be involved in the establishment and maintenance of fishing rights, including definition costs, enforcement costs and coordination costs. This paper compares these fishin ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.07.010

8. A Conceptual Exploration and Critical Inquiry into the Theoretical Foundation(s) of Economic Welfare Measures

Author:
Jonas Van der Slycken; Brent Bleys
Source:
Ecological economics 2020 v.176 pp. 106753
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
capital; dimensions; ecological economics; ecosystems; income; lawns and turf; standardization
Abstract:
... Economic welfare measures (EWM) such as the ISEW and the GPI are often argued to lack a sound theoretical foundation. However, we observe that the initial EWM were jointly inspired by Hicksian and Fisherian income. Welfare's experiential nature is Fisherian-inspired, whereas seeing the consumption of community capital (e.g. the ecosystem) as a cost is Hicksian-inspired. As most scholars do not rec ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106753

9. A Context-based Procedure for Assessing Participatory Schemes in Environmental Planning

Author:
Guy-El-Karim Berthomé; Alban Thomas
Source:
Ecological economics 2017 v.132 pp. 113-123
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
land use; municipal solid waste; planning; simulation models; stakeholders; surveys; waste management
Abstract:
... The efficiency of participatory schemes in environmental planning is an emerging research area, and many issues are not solved yet regarding the assessment of such procedures. It is essential for decision makers to identify improvement opportunities of participatory schemes. We propose an original procedure to address such issue, through a bargaining model from the signaling game literature, which ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.10.014

10. A Cost-effectiveness Analysis for Incineration or Recycling of Dutch Household Plastic Waste

Author:
Raymond H.J.M. Gradus; Paul H.L. Nillesen; Elbert Dijkgraaf; Rick J. van Koppen
Source:
Ecological economics 2017 v.135 pp. 22-28
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
carbon dioxide; cost effectiveness; economic investment; energy; greenhouse gas emissions; income; plastics; prices; recycling; renewable energy sources; waste incineration; waste treatment; wastes; Netherlands
Abstract:
... The cost-effectiveness of two different plastic waste treatment options is compared. This paper evaluates the recycling of plastic waste with the more conventional incineration of plastic waste, using data for the Netherlands. Both options have specific revenues and costs. The main benefit from plastic recycling is the avoidance of CO2 emissions that otherwise would occur during incineration and f ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.12.021

11. A Cost–Benefit Approach for Prioritizing Invasive Species

Author:
Pierre Courtois; Charles Figuieres; Chloe Mulier; Joakim Weill
Source:
Ecological economics 2018 v.146 pp. 607-620
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
algorithms; biodiversity; ecological invasion; economic impact; invasive species; prioritization
Abstract:
... Biological invasions entail massive biodiversity losses and tremendous economic impacts that justify significant management efforts. Because the funds available to control biological invasions are limited, there is a need to identify priority species. In this paper, we first review current invasive species prioritization methods and explicitly highlight their strengths and pitfalls. We then constr ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.11.037

12. A Decision-theory Approach to Cost-effective Population Supplementation for Imperiled Species

Author:
Amanda M. Kissel; Wendy J. Palen; Purnima Govindarajulu
Source:
Ecological economics 2017 v.142 pp. 194-202
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
Rana; breeding; cost effectiveness; decision support systems; endangered species; extinction; females; frogs; larvae; population size; progeny; reproductive performance; risk; Oregon
Abstract:
... Despite decades of managing endangered species, few have been successfully recovered. One option to reduce this gap is to use decision analysis to weigh alternative recovery actions. Using decision analysis, we evaluated tradeoffs between recovery actions to reduce extinction risk and financial cost for the imperiled Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa). We simulated population supplementation via ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.06.028

13. A Degrowth Transition: Pathways for the Degrowth Niche to Replace the Capitalist-Growth Regime

Author:
James Scott Vandeventer; Claudio Cattaneo; Christos Zografos
Source:
Ecological economics 2019 v.156 pp. 272-286
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
bibliometric analysis; economic theory; society
Abstract:
... Facing the intertwined environmental, social and economic crisis requires us to seriously consider alternatives to the current capitalist system, including the emerging concept of degrowth. Existing understandings of degrowth have focused on characterizing the shape, the key elements and the proposals for a degrowth society. However, its dynamic and evolving nature as an alternative vision of the ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.10.002

14. A Financial Macro-Network Approach to Climate Policy Evaluation

Author:
Veronika Stolbova; Irene Monasterolo; Stefano Battiston
Source:
Ecological economics 2018 v.149 pp. 239-253
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
banking; climate; economic impact; environmental policy; policy analysis
Abstract:
... Existing approaches to assess the economic impact of climate policies tend to overlook the financial sector and to focus only on direct effects of policies on the specific institutional sector they target, neglecting possible feedbacks between sectors, thus, underestimating the overall policy effect. To fill in this gap, we develop a methodology based on financial networks, which allows for analyz ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.03.013

15. A Framework for Decoupling Human Need Satisfaction From Energy Use

Author:
Lina I. Brand-Correa; Julia K. Steinberger
Source:
Ecological economics 2017 v.141 pp. 43-52
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
climate change; energy; human development; humans
Abstract:
... Climate change poses great challenges to modern societies, central amongst which is to decouple human need satisfaction from energy use. Energy systems are the main source of greenhouse gas emissions, and the services provided by energy (such as heating, power, transport and lighting) are vital to support human development. To address this challenge, we advocate for a eudaimonic need-centred under ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.05.019

16. A Fuzzy Stochastic Model for Carbon Price Prediction Under the Effect of Demand-related Policy in China's Carbon Market

Author:
Yazhi Song; Tiansen Liu; Dapeng Liang; Yin Li; Xiaoqiu Song
Source:
Ecological economics 2019 v.157 pp. 253-265
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
carbon; carbon markets; compliance; differential equation; energy transfer; issues and policy; models; prediction; prices; stochastic processes; China
Abstract:
... The establishment of China's carbon market has an obvious policy-oriented feature, and the carbon price is easily affected by demand-related policies within a compliance period. As prior models cannot help with clear simulation of the volatility of carbon price in China, this paper develops a fuzzy stochastic model to predict such price under the effect of demand-related policy. First, we quantify ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.10.001

17. A Game of Common-pool Resource Management: Effects of Communication, Risky Environment and Worldviews

Author:
Peter Bednarik; Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer; Piotr Magnuszewski; Ulf Dieckmann
Source:
Ecological economics 2019 v.156 pp. 287-292
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
flood control; floods; forests; harvesting; income; logging; resource management; risk perception; trees
Abstract:
... The ‘tragedy of the commons’ has been investigated for several decades. At its centre is the question whether a common resource will collapse under over-exploitation. The isolated analysis of one resource has many conceptual benefits, yet in reality resources and welfare are intertwined. In this paper, we investigate a situation where a resource which is exploited for profit has the additional fea ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.10.004

18. A Global Meta-Analysis of the Value of Ecosystem Services Provided by Lakes

Author:
Arnaud Reynaud; Denis Lanzanova
Source:
Ecological economics 2017 v.137 pp. 184-194
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
antagonism; data collection; ecological value; economic valuation; ecosystem services; lakes; meta-analysis; prices; spatial data
Abstract:
... This study presents the first meta-analysis on the economic value of ecosystem services delivered by lakes. A worldwide data set of 699 observations drawn from 133 studies combines information reported in primary studies with geospatial data. The meta-analysis explores antagonisms and synergies between ecosystem services. This is the first meta-analysis to incorporate simultaneously external geosp ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.03.001
PubMed:
28674462
PubMed Central:
PMC5421154

19. A Global Survey and Review of the Determinants of Transaction Costs of Forestry Carbon Projects

Author:
Thu-Ha Dang Phan; Roy Brouwer; Marc David Davidson
Source:
Ecological economics 2017 v.133 pp. 1-10
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
carbon; climate change; cost effectiveness; cost estimates; emissions; forestry; surveys; Africa; Asia; Latin America
Abstract:
... Reducing carbon emissions in the forestry sector by means of market-based schemes is considered a cost-effective measure for tackling climate change impacts. However, the transaction costs (TCs) involved are typically unknown or unquantified and therefore often neglected. In this study three types of TCs (search, design and negotiation costs) were measured in person-days and monetary terms based o ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.11.011

20. A Gravity Model to Explain Flows of Wild Edible Mushroom Picking. A Panel Data Analysis

Author:
Pablo de Frutos; Beatriz Rodriguez-Prado; Joaquín Latorre; Fernando Martinez-Peña
Source:
Ecological economics 2019 v.156 pp. 164-173
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
climatic factors; demand functions; developed countries; harvesting; models; supply balance; tourists; wild edible mushrooms
Abstract:
... Picking wild edible mushrooms is becomingly an increasingly widespread activity. Recent research is reporting a change in the way pickers access this resource, particularly in the more developed countries. The latest studies focus on exploring the demand functions of harvesting, with the emphasis shifting away from analyses that address the issue from a commercial standpoint. Yet these studies fai ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.09.017