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1. A Spatially Accurate Method for Evaluating Distributional Effects of Ecosystem Services

Author:
Aliza Fleischer; Daniel Felsenstein; Michal Lichter
Source:
Ecological economics 2018 v.145 pp. 451-460
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
algorithms; automation; beaches; consumer surplus; ecosystem services; ecosystems; geographic information systems; households; issues and policy; low income households; models; national parks; prices; socioeconomics; urban parks; Israel
Abstract:
... The value of most ecosystem services invariably slips through national accounts. Even when these values are estimated, they are allocated without any particular spatial referencing. Little is known about the spatial and distributional effects arising from changes in ecosystem service provision. This paper estimates spatial equity in ecosystem services provision using a dedicated data disaggregatio ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.11.019

2. A crowdsourced valuation of recreational ecosystem services using social media data: An application to a tropical wetland in India

Author:
Michael Sinclair; Andrea Ghermandi; Albert M. Sheela
Source:
Science of the total environment 2018 v.642 pp. 356-365
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
consumer surplus; decision support systems; demand functions; developing countries; economic valuation; ecosystem services; ecosystems; fisheries; funding; geographic information systems; lakes; photographs; recreation; social networks; travel; water quality; wetlands; wildlife; India
Abstract:
... Online social media represent an extensive, opportunistic source of behavioral data and revealed preferences for ecosystem services (ES) analysis. Such data may allow to advance the approach, scale and timespan to which ES are assessed, mapping and valued. This is especially relevant in the context of developing regions whose decision support tools are often limited by a lack of resources and fund ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.056

3. A game theoretic approach for pricing, greening, and social welfare policies in a supply chain with government intervention

Author:
Mohammadreza Sinayi; Morteza Rasti-Barzoki
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2018 v.196 pp. 1443-1458
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
consumer surplus; consumers (people); issues and policy; models; prices; social welfare; supply chain; utility functions
Abstract:
... It is undeniable that every organization and company will eventually need to move toward sustainability if they wish to survive and remain competitive. In order to attain sustainability, it is very important to optimize all its dimensions at the same time. In this paper, we consider a two-tier model consists of a supply chain and government that government in a higher level role as a leader for th ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.05.212

4. A method to value nature-related webcam viewing: the value of virtual use with application to brown bear webcam viewing

Author:
John Loomis; Leslie Richardson; Chris Huber; Jeffrey Skibins; Ryan Sharp
Source:
Journal of environmental economics and policy 2018 v.7 no.4 pp. 452-462
ISSN:
2160-6552
Subject:
Ursus arctos; cameras; consumer surplus; models; national parks; opportunity costs; prices; surveys; wildlife; Alaska
Abstract:
... There are an estimated 16,000 nature related remote web cameras that provide users around the world with an opportunity to view wildlife. Because there is no monetary price to view the webcams, we utilise variations in the viewers’ opportunity cost of time to estimate consumer surplus. We apply this model to a large sample (n = 2649) of the more than 10 million viewers of Alaska's Katmai National ...
DOI:
10.1080/21606544.2018.1483842

5. Assessing and valuing the recreational ecosystem services of Germany’s national parks using travel cost models

Author:
Marius Mayer; Manuel Woltering
Source:
Ecosystem services 2018 v.31 pp. 371-386
ISSN:
2212-0416
Subject:
conservation areas; consumer surplus; ecosystem services; ecosystems; interviews; models; national parks; recreation; regression analysis; society; travel; Germany
Abstract:
... This paper estimates the recreational ecosystem services (RES) of 15 German national parks (NLP) in one of the most comprehensive RES valuations of NLP systems performed to date. The RES were evaluated using zonal travel cost models (TCM) based on 24,548 representative interviews conducted with a uniform methodology between 2004 and 2015. Reaction functions were estimated for each park as double-l ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.12.009

6. Coal taxes as supply-side climate policy: a rationale for major exporters?

Author:
Philipp M. Richter; Roman Mendelevitch; Frank Jotzo
Source:
Climatic change 2018 v.150 no.1-2 pp. 43-56
ISSN:
0165-0009
Subject:
carbon; carbon dioxide; climate change; coal; consumer surplus; emissions; environmental policy; exports; income; markets; models; prices; producer surplus; steam; taxes; Australia
Abstract:
... The shift away from coal is at the heart of the global low-carbon transition. Can governments of coal-producing countries help facilitate this transition and benefit from it? This paper analyses the case for coal taxes as supply-side climate policy implemented by large coal exporting countries. Coal taxes can reduce global carbon dioxide emissions and benefit coal-rich countries through improved t ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10584-018-2163-9

7. Consumer surplus for random regret minimisation models

Author:
Thijs Dekker; Caspar G. Chorus
Source:
Journal of environmental economics and policy 2018 v.7 no.3 pp. 269-286
ISSN:
2160-6552
Subject:
consumer surplus; models; prices; probability
Abstract:
... This paper is the first to develop a measure of consumer surplus for the Random Regret Minimisation (RRM) model. Following a not so well-known approach proposed two decades ago, we measure (changes in) consumer surplus by studying (changes in) observed behaviour, i.e. the choice probability, in response to price (changes). We interpret the choice probability as a well-behaved approximation of the ...
DOI:
10.1080/21606544.2018.1424039

8. Determining Recycling Fees and Subsidies in China’s WEEE Disposal Fund with Formal and Informal Sectors

Author:
Huihui Liu; Xiaolin Wu; Desheng Dou; Xu Tang; G. Keong Leong
Source:
Sustainability 2018 v.10 no.9 pp. -
ISSN:
2071-1050
Subject:
certification; consumer surplus; electronic wastes; industry; issues and policy; models; pollution; profits and margins; recycling; social welfare; subsidies; China
Abstract:
... At present, most of China’s waste electrical and electronic equipment (hereafter referred to as WEEE) flow into the informal recycling sector, which has no official disassembly certification. To regulate the WEEE recycling industry, the policy of the WEEE disposal fund has been implemented to levy recycling fees from producers and subsidize the formal recycling sector. This paper aims to sol ...
DOI:
10.3390/su10092979

9. Do economic values and expenditures for viewing waterfowl in the U.S. differ among species?

Author:
John Loomis; Michelle Haefele; James Dubovsky; Aaron M. Lien; Wayne E. Thogmartin; James Diffendorfer; Dale Humburg; Brady J. Mattsson; Kenneth Bagstad; Darius Semmens; Laura Lopez-Hoffman; Robert Merideth
Source:
Human dimensions of wildlife 2018 v.23 no.6 pp. 587-596
ISSN:
1533-158X
Subject:
birdwatching; consumer surplus; contingent valuation; ducks; questionnaires; waterfowl; United States
Abstract:
... Many economic studies value birdwatching in general and often do not account for potential differences in viewers’ benefits from observing different species. But, how different are economic values of viewing various bird species? To answer that question, we surveyed Ducks Unlimited (DU) members using an online questionnaire to estimate trip expenditures and consumer surplus per trip for viewing pi ...
DOI:
10.1080/10871209.2018.1496371

10. Does drought always cause economic losses in agriculture? An empirical investigation on the distributive effects of drought events in some areas of Southern Europe

Author:
Dario Antonino Musolino; Antonio Massarutto; Alessandro de Carli
Source:
Science of the total environment 2018 v.633 pp. 1560-1570
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
agricultural land; climate change; consumer surplus; drought; farmers; financial economics; prices; social class; social justice; society; socioeconomics; Europe; Southern European region
Abstract:
... Studies on the impacts of drought usually make the implicit assumption that there will always be a negative effect on the environment, the economy and society. However, other approaches, based for example on the framework provided by the consumer surplus theory, try to focus on the distributive effects of drought. In this paper, in the wake of such approaches, we address the question of the distri ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.308

11. Economic impacts of fertilizer micro-dosing in the production of underutilized indigenous vegetables in south west Nigeria: an ex-ante approach

Author:
A. Ayanwale; N. Ajekiigbe; D. Oyedele; C. Adebooye
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2018 v. no.1225 pp. 303-308
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
consumer surplus; consumers (people); costs and returns; economic impact; economic sustainability; ex ante analysis; farmers; fertilizer application; fertilizers; financial economics; households; models; prices; scientists; soil; surveys; vegetables; Nigeria
Abstract:
... Optimum application of fertilizers to address low productivity of soils and reduce the quantity and the cost of fertilizer incurred by farmers is a major concern in enhancing the yield of underutilized indigenous vegetables (UIVs). This study analyzed the potential economic potential benefits of adoption of fertilizer micro-dosing by resource poor farming households in southwest Nigeria using prim ...
DOI:
10.17660/ActaHortic.2018.1225.42

12. Ecosystem Service Valuation for National Accounting: A Reply to Obst, Hein and Edens (2016)

Author:
Nils Droste; Bartosz Bartkowski
Source:
Environmental and resource economics 2018 v.71 no.1 pp. 205-215
ISSN:
0924-6460
Subject:
accounting; consumer surplus; ecosystem services; ecosystems; shadow prices
Abstract:
... While recent experimental frameworks for national ecosystem service accounting have shown substantial progress, in our view some crucial methodological issues remain that deserve further consideration before setting final standards. In response to the landmark work of Obst et al. (Environ Resour Econ 64:1–23, 2016. doi: 10.1007/s10640-015-9921-1), we provide arguments with regard to the suitabilit ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10640-017-0146-3

13. Effects of input capacity constraints on food quality and regulation mechanism design for food safety management

Author:
You-hua Chen; Sun-jun Huang; Ashok K. Mishra; X. Henry Wang
Source:
Ecological modelling 2018 v.385 pp. 89-95
ISSN:
0304-3800
Subject:
consumer surplus; food quality; food safety; foods; game theory; prices; supervisors; supply chain
Abstract:
... Input capacity constraints means a firm cannot make its output decision based on the first - order optimal condition of profit maximization because it does not have enough inputs. Input capacity constraints have a significant effect on production quality and firm competition, especially on food safety management. This paper tries to provide a new perspective for quality operation in supply chain m ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.03.011

14. Import competition, product quality reversal, and welfare

Author:
Yang-Ming Chang; Mian F. Raza
Source:
Economics letters 2018 v.163 pp. 162-166
ISSN:
0165-1765
Subject:
consumer surplus; imports; product quality; research and development; social welfare
Abstract:
... We investigate product quality in an import-competing country using the framework of vertical product differentiation. Comparison of three polices suggests that the quality-based R&D subsidy brings quality-reversal, leading to a win-win-win equilibrium in consumer surplus, domestic profit and social welfare. ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.econlet.2017.12.021

15. Non-market Value of Winter Outdoor Recreation in the Swiss Alps: The Case of Val Bedretto

Author:
Massimo Filippini; William Greene; Adan L. Martinez-Cruz
Source:
Environmental and resource economics 2018 v.71 no.3 pp. 729-754
ISSN:
0924-6460
Subject:
consumer surplus; death; economists; models; outdoor recreation; risk reduction; travel; winter; Alps region; Switzerland
Abstract:
... A longstanding interest from environmental economists on winter outdoor recreation has overlooked activities practiced outside the boundaries of winter resorts—e.g. ski mountaineering. This paper implements the Travel Cost Method to estimate consumer surplus per season derived from ski mountaineering and snowshoeing in Val Bedretto—a valley located in the Swiss Alps. In addition, the Contingent Be ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10640-017-0181-0

16. Offsetting Externalities in Estimating MEY in Multispecies Fisheries

Author:
Sean Pascoe; Trevor Hutton; Eriko Hoshino
Source:
Ecological economics 2018 v.146 pp. 304-311
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
bioeconomic models; bycatch; consumer surplus; costs and returns; fisheries law; fisheries management; prices; society; weight loss
Abstract:
... The Australian federal fisheries policy identifies maximising net economic returns as the primary objective of fisheries management. This has largely been interpreted as maximising the net economic yield (MEY) in fisheries. More recently, the influence of reducing yields to achieve MEY on prices and the transfer of consumer surplus to producers has been raised as a potential issue. Achieving fishe ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.11.012

17. Playing Pollution Games with Thermal Electricity Generators

Author:
Javier Contreras; Jacek B. Krawczyk; James Zuccollo
Source:
Environmental modeling and assessment 2018 v.23 no.6 pp. 639-651
ISSN:
1420-2026
Subject:
compliance; consumer surplus; electric generators; electricity; environmental law; markets; models; monitoring; pollution
Abstract:
... This paper discusses the economic and environmental implications of a stylised electricity market with transmission grid constraints and shared temporal pollution standards that restrict the joint strategy space of the agents. These are problematic to enforce if individual monitoring is impossible or very expensive. For such situations, we propose a time-dependent (or “open-loop dynamic”), game-th ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10666-018-9601-y

18. Political pricing of electricity – Can it go with universal service provision?

Author:
Muralee Krishnan C; Santanu Gupta
Source:
Energy policy 2018 v.116 pp. 373-381
ISSN:
0301-4215
Subject:
consumer surplus; electricity; electricity costs; models; politics; prices; uncertainty; willingness to pay; India
Abstract:
... Political parties in India are known to use electricity prices as a tool to secure a win in the democratic election process. This article examines the setting of electricity prices from a political economy perspective. Citizens differ in their willingness to pay for electricity, and the consumer surplus and electoral uncertainty seem to influence their choices while exercising their franchise. To ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.enpol.2018.02.009

19. Recreation economics to inform migratory species conservation: Case study of the northern pintail

Author:
Brady J. Mattsson; James A. Dubovsky; Wayne E. Thogmartin; Kenneth J. Bagstad; Joshua H. Goldstein; John B. Loomis; James E. Diffendorfer; Darius J. Semmens; Ruscena Wiederholt; Laura López-Hoffman
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2018 v.206 pp. 971-979
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
Anas acuta; breeding; breeding sites; case studies; consumer surplus; economic valuation; environmental management; funding; game birds; hunters; issues and policy; migratory behavior; migratory species; models; society; sport hunting; willingness to pay; wintering grounds; North America
Abstract:
... Quantification of the economic value provided by migratory species can aid in targeting management efforts and funding to locations yielding the greatest benefits to society and species conservation. Here we illustrate a key step in this process by estimating hunting and birding values of the northern pintail (Anas acuta) within primary breeding and wintering habitats used during the species’ annu ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.11.048

20. Recreational value and optimal pricing of national parks: lessons from Maasai Mara in Kenya

Author:
Richard Mulwa; Jane Kabubo-Mariara; Wilfred Nyangena
Source:
Journal of environmental economics and policy 2018 v.7 no.2 pp. 204-222
ISSN:
2160-6552
Subject:
consumer surplus; ecosystem services; hiking; income; managers; models; national parks; prices; recreation users; travel; Kenya
Abstract:
... This paper estimates the recreational value and optimal pricing for recreation services in the Maasai Mara National Park in Kenya. To achieve this objective, data from 323 Park visitors were collected. Single-site individual travel cost method (ITCM) using count data models [zero truncated Poisson (ZTP), zero truncated negative binomial (ZTNB), negative binomial with endogenous stratification (NBS ...
DOI:
10.1080/21606544.2017.1391716