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on Environmental Economics |
| By: | Myriam Linster (OECD); Chan Yang (OECD) |
| Abstract: | This report illustrates China’s progress towards green growth from an international perspective, with focus on industry and the interplay between industrial development and environment. It starts with depicting the structural shifts that the Chinese economy, in particular its industry, has undergone since the early 1990s. It briefly discusses the driving forces behind China’s emergence as global manufacturing powerhouse, and the environmental implications of this rapid phase of industrialisation. It also assesses China’s position vis-à-vis green growth using the OECD green growth measurement framework and indicators. The findings suggest that China has made great strides towards improving the environmental and resource productivity of its economy, but more opportunities can be exploited for greater efficiency gains that are vital to the shift to a low carbon, resource efficient and competitive economy. They also indicate that the policies in place, though showing first results, remain insufficient to cope with increasing environmental pressures and with historical and cumulated pollution loads. Further progress will largely depend on the country’s capacity to integrate environmental aspects into decision-making in all policies and sectors, and at all levels, and ensure that industrial and environmental policy objectives and measures are well aligned and mutually supportive. |
| Date: | 2018–10–19 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:oec:envddd:2018/05-en&r=env |
| By: | Ian Chambers, Jeremy Russell-Smith, Robert Costanza, Julian Cribb, Sean Kerins, Melissa George, Glenn James, Howard Pedersen, Paul Lane, Peter Christopherson, Jennifer Ansell, Kamaljit Sangha |
| Abstract: | The release of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Change agreement highlighted the importance of global sustainability internationally. Here, we outline a vision and strategies for developing northern Australia that demonstrate how a focus on sustainable prosperity can both expand historical approaches and current government plans and integrate the biophysical realities with the social, political, and cultural characteristics of the region. We highlight examples of the significant horizontal and vertical integration opportunities that this expanded vision and related strategies provide for (a) land (carbon farming, targeted food production systems, and native title arrangements); (b) water (water resources management); (c) energy (renewable energy production, storage, and distribution); (d) workforce (culturally appropriate ecotourism, Indigenous ranger programs, and protected area management); (e) knowledge services (health care and innovative employment opportunities); and (f) governance (greater participatory governance). We found that realisation of even 10% of these emerging opportunities over the next 10 years alone could result in economic growth worth over AUD 15 billion and 15,000+ jobs for northern Australia as well as the further ecological and social benefits derived from a sustainable prosperity strategy. |
| Keywords: | ecological sustainability, northern Australia, sustainability, sustainable development, sustainable prosperity |
| Date: | 2018–10–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:een:appswp:201844&r=env |
| By: | Muli, Celestine; Gerber, Nicolas; Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu; Mirzabaev, Alisher |
| Abstract: | The frequency, duration, and magnitude of extreme weather events such as droughts, floods, and variation in rainfall onset and cessation periods will continue to increase. Such stress may result in significant shifts in the functioning of ecosystems. As climate change affects the capacity of ecosystems to mitigate the effects of extreme events such as drought and floods, leading to disruptions in water supply and food production, or to the destruction of infrastructure, human well‐being is ultimately impacted. Chief among those impacts are those on the four dimensions of food security: food availability, accessibility, utilization, and stability. An interesting channel of impacts is through the observed and forecasted increase in the variability of water availability. This is said to cause uncertainty in agricultural production resulting in reduced productivity, food insecurity, weak economic growth and the widespread food poverty in Africa today. Due to overreliance on rain‐fed agriculture in Sub‐Saharan Africa, people usually engage in both temporary and permanent migration after consecutive years of bad harvests and reduced incomes from agriculture with migration acting as an adaptation strategy to climatic shocks. Food value chains can be significantly affected, something that the paper identifies as an area that requires further research mainly on the resilience of food value chains to water variability. |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy, Food Security and Poverty, Labor and Human Capital |
| Date: | 2018–10–15 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:ubonwp:278230&r=env |
| By: | Ioanna Pantelaiou; Panos Hatzipanayotou (Athens University of Economics and Business); Panagiotis Konstantinou (AUEB); Anastasios Xepapadeas |
| Abstract: | We develop an international duopoly model where the firms export their output to a world-market. Production uses a depletable resource, and it generates pollution which affects negatively households welfare. Governments control pollution using (i) an emission tax, the revenue from which finances public pollution abatement, (ii) a revenue-recycling tax, refunded to the emitting firm contingent on reducing the cost of private pollution abatement, and (iii) an environmentally related standard. We evaluate them as (i) export promoting Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) measuers, and (ii) resource conserving/depleting and welfare enhancing policy instruments. Our results indicate that, by and large (i) public pollution abatement works as an export-promoting but resource depleting mechanism, which under certain conditions can enhance welfare; (ii) revenue recycling works as an export-contracting but resource preserving mechanism, and (iii) environmental standards relative to public abatement work as an export-contracting but resource preserving mechanism, but relative to revenue recycling work in the opposite direction. |
| Keywords: | Emission taxation, Public Pollution Abatement, Recycling tax revenues, Environmental Related Standards, International Trade. |
| JEL: | F18 H23 Q58 |
| Date: | 2018–02 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:aue:wpaper:1810&r=env |
| By: | Langinier, Corinne (University of Alberta, Department of Economics); Ray Chaudhuri, Amrita (University of Winnipeg) |
| Abstract: | We develop a theoretical framework to investigate the impact of patent policies and emission taxes on green innovation that reduces the emission output ratio, and on the emission level. In the absence of green consumers, the introduction of patents results in a paradox whereby increasing emission tax beyond a certain threshold leads to a discrete increase in the emission level, which may be avoided by reducing the patenting cost. In the presence of green consumers, this paradox is restricted to an intermediate range of tax rates, and at sufficiently high tax rates, reducing the patenting cost may increase the emission level. Also, higher emission taxes increase green investment only if the fraction of green consumers is sufficiently small, and the magnitude of this effect decreases as this fraction increases. Moreover, a stricter patentability requirement is only effective at reducing emissions if the fraction of green consumers is sufficiently small. |
| Keywords: | Patent; Clean Technologies; Environmentally Friendly Consumers; Rebound Effect |
| JEL: | L13 O34 Q50 |
| Date: | 2018–10–18 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ris:albaec:2018_015&r=env |
| By: | Rick van der Ploeg; Armon Rezai |
| Abstract: | A simple integrated assessment framework that gives rules for the optimal carbon price, transition to the carbon-free era and stranded carbon assets is presented, which highlights the ethical, economic, geophysical and political drivers of optimal climate policy. For the ethics we discuss the role of intergenerational inequality aversion and the discount rate, where we show the importance of lower discount rates for appraisal of longer run benefit and of policy makers using lower discount rates than private agents. The economics depends on the costs and rates of technical progress in production of fossil fuel, its substitute renewable energies and sequestration. The geophysics depends on the permanent and transient components of atmospheric carbon and the relatively fast temperature response, and we allow for positive feedbacks. The politics stems from international free-rider problems in absence of a global climate deal. We show how results change if different assumptions are made about each of the drivers of climate policy. Our main objective is to offer an easy back-on-the-envelope analysis, which can be used for teaching and communication with policy makers. |
| Keywords: | simple rules, climate policy, ethics, economics, geophysics, politics, discounting with declining discount rates, positive feedback, free riding |
| JEL: | D81 H20 Q31 Q38 |
| Date: | 2018 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:oxf:oxcrwp:213&r=env |
| By: | Felbermayr, Gabriel; Gröschl, Jasmin; Sanders, Mark; Schippers, Vincent; Steinwachs, Thomas |
| Abstract: | Climate research suggests that global warming will lead to more frequent and more extreme natural disasters. Most disasters are local events with effects on local economic activity. Hence, assessing their economic impacts with the help of econometric country-level analysis may lead to biased results. Moreover, correct identification is further complicated by the possibility that local shocks shift production and consumption to neighboring locations. In this paper, annual night-time light emission data covering about 24,000 grid cells for the years 1992-2013 are matched to geocoded information on meteorological and geological events. Spatial econometric panel methods are applied to account for interdependencies between locations. Interpreting variation in light emissions as reflecting changes in economic activity, findings convey evidence for pronounced local average treatment effects and strong spatial spillovers, particularly for weather shocks. Moreover, substantial heterogeneity across income groups and regions is identified. |
| Keywords: | natural disaster and weather shocks,night-time light emission,spatial spillovers,grid cell analysis |
| JEL: | F15 O18 O44 Q54 R12 F15 O18 O44 Q54 R12 |
| Date: | 2018 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:vfsc18:181556&r=env |
| By: | Ian Parry; Victor Mylonas; Nate Vernon |
| Abstract: | Following submission of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation commitments or pledges (by 190 countries) for the 2015 Paris Agreement, policymakers are considering specific actions for their implementation. To help guide policy, it is helpful to have a quantitative framework for understanding: i) the main impacts (on GHGs, fiscal balances, the domestic environment, economic welfare, and distributional incidence) of emissions pricing; ii) trade-offs between pricing and other (commonly used) mitigation instruments; and iii) why/to what extent needed policies and their impacts differ across countries. This paper provides an illustrative sense of this information for G20 member countries (which account for about 80 percent of global emissions) under plausible (though inevitably uncertain) projections for future fuel use and price responsiveness. Quantitative results underscore the generally strong case for (comprehensive) pricing over other instruments, its small net costs or often net benefits (when domestic environmental gains are considered), but also the potentially wide dispersion (and hence inefficiency) in emissions prices implied by countries’ mitigation commitments. |
| Date: | 2018–08–30 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:imf:imfwpa:18/193&r=env |
| By: | Zietara, Wojciech; Zielinski, Marek |
| Abstract: | The paper aims, above all, at assessment of the effects of allocating straw surplus from the Polish agriculture to energy purposes or as a source of additional organic matter in the soil. Consequently, the authors discuss the issue of significance of straw as an alternative energy source and draw attention to the role of organic matter in improving the production potential of soils and carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration. Additionally, the paper analyses economic effects and development possibilities of farms having non-negative balance of CO2 sequestration at the backdrop other farms. The study used literature data from 2,069 farms specialising in cereal, oilseed crop and high protein crop farming and running accountancy for the Polish FADN in 2015. |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness, Crop Production/Industries, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2018 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iafepa:276383&r=env |
| By: | Stéphanie Carrière (IRD, UMR GRED, Montpellier); Christian Culas (CNRS, UMR Art-Dev, Montpellier); Emmanuel Pannier (IRD, UMR PALOC, Paris); Mireille Razafindrakoto (IRD, UMR DIAL, PSL, Université Paris-Dauphine); François Roubaud (IRD, UMR DIAL, PSL, Université Paris-Dauphine) |
| Abstract: | D’une superficie d’environ 4 000 km2, la Nouvelle Aire Protégée du Makay, Madagascar, officialisée en 2017, est emblématique de la richesse de la biodiversité, avec un taux d’endémisme exceptionnel, et du patrimoine naturel et culturel malgache. Le présent document expose les enjeux et les options méthodologiques pour la mise en place d’un dispositif de connaissance, suivi et évaluation socio-économique et environnemental. Le dispositif se compose de trois bras articulés, combinant sciences sociales et sciences de la nature et de la terre, aussi bien quantitatifs que qualitatifs : un dispositif quantitatif d’enquêtes socio-économiques et environnementales auprès des populations du Makay ; un dispositif de suivi écologique ; un dispositif qualitatif de type socio-anthropologique. En mettant les populations qui vivent aux pourtours du Makay au coeur du dispositif, il se propose de repousser la frontière des systèmes d’informations existants, à ce jour balbutiants dans ce domaine, malgré leur importance décisive à l’échelle mondiale, afin de mieux comprendre les liens entre conservation et développement. Covering an area of approximately 4,000 km2, the New Protected Area of Makay, Madagascar, formalized in 2017, is emblematic of the richness of biodiversity, with an exceptional rate of endemism, and the natural and cultural heritage of Madagascar. This document presents the challenges and the methodological options for setting up a socio-economic and environmental knowledge, monitoring and evaluation system. The device consists of three articulated arms, combining social sciences and natural and earth sciences, both quantitative and qualitative: a quantitative arm of socio-economic and environmental surveys among the populations of Makay; an ecological monitoring arm; and a qualitative socio-anthropological arm. By putting the people who live on the edge of the Makay at the heart of the device, it proposes to push the frontier of existing information systems, still underdeveloped in this field, despite their decisive importance on a global scale, in order to better understand the links between conservation and development. |
| Keywords: | Aire protégée, Biodiversité, Conservation et Développement, Dispositif de suivi-évaluation, Enquêtes statistiques, Madagascar, Aire protégée, Biodiversité, Conservation et Développement, Dispositif de suivi-évaluation, Enquêtes statistiques. |
| JEL: | O13 Q15 Q32 Q57 Z13 |
| Date: | 2018–06 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:dia:wpaper:dt201808&r=env |
| By: | Nikolas D. Müller; Andreas Pfnür |
| Abstract: | Energy and climate policy for the building sector is a subject of controversial discussion. Against this background, the paper aims to dissolve the complexity and thus generate expertise for politically sustainable decisions. Therefore a. perspectives relevant for policy implementation are elaborated from the literature (i.e. owners, tenants, producers, macroeconomic), b. their specific valuation approaches are exposed and c. regarding the current policy for the building sector discussed. On this basis, we can show that ‘efficiency‘ is a term of a wide variation in the political debate, depending on which perspective is taken. We can present a conceptual model, which shows the interdependencies and interactions of the different valuation approaches. In addition, we can present minimum requirements for a sustainable policy that could be worked out from the discussion, which we use in the end to discuss the appropriateness of alternative control indicators (i. we. primary energy, GHG-Emissions or the energetic quality of the shell) to create equality of interests as a foundation for a successful policy.The work is highly compatible with the interests of the various stakeholders. As a result, it provides a basis for policy implications to enforce energy efficiency and climate protection in the building sector successfully. |
| Keywords: | Energy and Climate Policy for Real Estate; Energy turnaround; GHG emissions; policy implications; Real Estate Perspectives |
| JEL: | R3 |
| Date: | 2018–01–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arz:wpaper:eres2018_284&r=env |
| By: | Ian Parry; Dirk Heine; Kelley Kizzier; Tristan Smith |
| Abstract: | The International Maritime Organization (IMO) announced in April 2018 a target of cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the sector by 50 percent below 2008 levels by 2050 and subsequent meetings of the IMO will develop a strategy for making headway on this commitment. This paper seeks to inform dialogue about the possibility of a carbon tax as a key element of GHG mitigation policy for international maritime transport. The paper discusses the case for the tax over alternative mitigation instruments, options for the practical design issues, and then presents estimates of the impacts of carbon taxation and other instruments from an analytical model of the maritime sector. |
| Date: | 2018–09–11 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:imf:imfwpa:18/203&r=env |
| By: | Alex L. Marten; Richard Garbaccio; Ann Wolverton |
| Abstract: | The requisite scope of analysis to adequately estimate the social cost of environmental regulations has been subject to much discussion. The literature has demonstrated that engineering or partial equilibrium cost estimates likely underestimate the social cost of large-scale environmental regulations and environmental taxes. However, the conditions under which general equilibrium (GE) analysis adds value to welfare analysis for single-sector technology or performance standards, the predominant policy intervention in practice, remains an open question. Using a numerical computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, we investigate the GE effects of regulations across different sectors, abatement technologies, and regulatory designs. Our results show that even for small regulations the GE effects are significant, and that engineering estimates of compliance costs can substantially underestimate the social cost of single-sector environmental regulations. We find the downward bias from using engineering costs to approximate social costs depends on the input composition of abatement technologies and the regulated sector. |
| Keywords: | environmental regulation, general equilibrium, social costs |
| JEL: | D58 Q52 Q58 |
| Date: | 2018–10 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nev:wpaper:wp201806&r=env |
| By: | Soh, Moonwon; Cho, Seong-Hoon; Yu, Edward; Boyer, Christopher; English, Burton |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2018–01–14 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:saea18:266502&r=env |
| By: | Vladimir Udalov (Europäisches Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen (EIIW)) |
| Abstract: | This paper investigates an intergenerational conflict arising from renewable energy support. Using a politico-economic overlapping generations (OLG) model, it can be shown that older individuals unambiguously lose from renewable energy support and therefore vote to keep it at a minimum level. In contrast, younger individuals face ambiguous effects arising from renewable energy support. In the short run, they also lose from a negative consumption effect. In the long run, however, younger individuals benefit from a positive environmental effect. Renewable energy support also generates both positive and negative effects on consumption. The voting outcome is determined through a political process, whereby political parties converge to platforms that maximize the aggregate welfare of the electorate. Zusammenfassung: Dieses Papier untersucht einen Generationenkonflikt, der aufgrund der Förderung erneuerbarer Energien entsteht. Unter Verwendung eines einfachen polit-ökonomischen Modells sich überlappender Generationen kann gezeigt werden, dass die älteren Individuen durch die Förderung erneuerbarer Energien eindeutig schlechter gestellt werden und deshalb für ein minimales Niveau der Förderung stimmen. Im Gegensatz dazu sind die jungen Individuen mit einem nicht eindeutigen Effekt konfrontiert. In der kurzen Frist werden sie durch die Förderung erneuerbarer Energien genauso wie die älteren Individuen schlechter gestellt werden. Allerdings profitieren sie in der langen Frist von einem positiven Umwelteffekt und stehen unter bestimmten Bedingungen auch einem positiven Konsumeffekt gegenüber. Aus diesem Grund wählen sie ein höheres Niveau der Förderung. Das Abstimmungsergebnis wird im Rahmen eines politischen Prozesses bestimmt, wobei die politischen Parteien zu einer Plattform konvergieren, die aggregierte Wohlfahrt der Wählerschaft maximiert. |
| Keywords: | overlapping generations, generational conflict, environmental policy, renewable energy, voting |
| JEL: | Q54 Q29 D60 D90 H23 D72 |
| Date: | 2018–06 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:bwu:eiiwdp:disbei245&r=env |
| By: | Jingbo Cui; GianCarlo Moschini (Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD)) |
| Abstract: | This paper examines the role of a firm’s internal network in determining plant shutdown decisions in response to environmental regulations. Using unique plant-level data for U.S. manufacturing industries from 1990 to 2008, we find evidence that, in response to increasingly stringent environmental regulations at the county level, multi-plant firms do exercise their greater flexibility in adjusting production, relative to single-plant firms. Specifically, in regulated counties, the likelihood of a plant shutting down is higher for multi-plant firms. Moreover, we measure the firm internal network effect at the local, neighborhood, and the wider-area levels, as defined by the number of affiliated plants clustered in different regional levels. Their effects on plant closure decisions for dirty subsidiaries vary with the network level. We further decompose the neighborhood network into those in regulated and unregulated neighborhood counties, and examine how these network metrics are associated with closure decisions of dirty plants affiliated with multi-plant firms. The presence of more sibling plants residing in neighboring counties that are free from regulatory controls are associated with a higher closure probability of dirty plants in a regulated county. |
| Date: | 2018–10 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ias:cpaper:18-wp585&r=env |
| By: | Panos Hatzipanayotou (Athens University of Economics and Business); Panagiotis Konstantinou (AUEB); Ioanna Pantelaiou; Anastasios Xepapadeas |
| Abstract: | We study the impact on economic growth of LDCs of environmentally related standards (ERSs) adopted by such economies to bypass non-tariff-measures (NTMs) imposed as environmental regulatory requirements on their exports of natural resources to developed importing countries. In particular, we develop an empirical growth model that incorporates the impacts of resource abundance and of ERSs, the latter being measured by the number of ISO14001 certificates which a LDC holds, on per capita GDP growth. This specification allows to test for the existence of the 'resource curse' and for the effects of ERSs on growth through their interaction with the resource abundance measure. Our results suggest that ERSs can be growth promoting and in certain cases a factor mitigating the 'resource curse' in LDCs. Thus, compliance with ERSs combined with aid in institution formation or technology transfers can allow LDCs to enhance economic growth and alleviate poverty. |
| Keywords: | Non-tariff measures; Environmentally related standards; Natural resource exports; Resource curse; Economic growth; Poverty |
| JEL: | F18 F43 O13 O44 |
| Date: | 2017–02 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:aue:wpaper:1809&r=env |
| By: | David.M Higgins; Natalia Verhovetchi; Chris Speakman |
| Abstract: | As shopping centres evolve, there is considerable emphasis on establishing and promoting a green shopping centre agenda to the local community. This exploratory study attempts to contribute to a more accurate understanding of the consumer’s attitudes towards sustainable retail development practices. Data for this study was collected through a web questionnaire to examine the relationship between distinct categories of personal factors (such as attitudes, desire, concerns) and opinions on sustainability practices in shopping centres. The survey findings from 44 respondents revealed that environment factors and the moral obligation exert a major influence on perceived attractiveness of sustainable shopping premises for consumers. These results show that a green building and green practices in shopping centres are widely encouraged by consumers and so provide an endorsement of shopping centre sustainability credentials. |
| Keywords: | Consumer attitude; Green practices; Shopping centre; Sustainability |
| JEL: | R3 |
| Date: | 2018–01–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arz:wpaper:eres2018_34&r=env |
| By: | Philippe Delacote; Gwenolé Le Velly; Gabriela Simonet |
| Abstract: | Since the emergence of the REDD+ mechanism, hundreds of projects have emerged around the globe. Much attention has been given to REDD+ projects in the literature, but the conditions under which they are likely to be efficient ares till not well known. In this article, we study how the location of REDD+ projects is chosen and how those location choices influence project additionality. Based on a sample of six REDD+ projects in Brazil, we propose an empirical analysis of the location choices and estimate additionality in the first years of implementation using impact evaluation techniques. In order to explain the heterogeneity of the empirical results, we present a simple theoretical model and show that project location is strongly influenced by the type of project proponent, which appears to be a good proxy for its objectives, whether oriented toward environmental impacts, development impacts, or external funding. Our results suggest that (1) the incentives behind REDD+ certification mechanisms can lead to low environmental efforts or an investment in areas that are not additional, (2) location biases are dependent on the REDD+ project manager’s type, and (3) the existence of a location bias does not necessarily preclude additionality. |
| Keywords: | additionality, conservation policy, deforestation, REDD+, spatial analysis. |
| JEL: | Q23 Q28 Q56 |
| Date: | 2018–09 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:lam:wpceem:18-19&r=env |
| By: | Ji, Xinde; Cobourn, Kelly M. |
| Keywords: | Risk and Uncertainty, Natural Resource Economics, Resource and Environmental Policy Analysis |
| Date: | 2018–06–20 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea18:274473&r=env |
| By: | Prado-Carpio, Eveligh; Quezada-Abad, César; Martínez-Soto, Moisés; Rodríguez-Monroy Carlos; Morris-Díaz, Anne |
| Abstract: | The mollusk "Anadara tuberculosa (Sowerby, 1833) (Arcidae)", known in Ecuador with the common name of "Concha Prieta", in Mexico as the clam "Pata de Mula", in France with the name "Arche Noire" and in England as "Blood Cockle", is a mangrove bivalve exploited all along the Pacific coast. It is a species with great possibilities for fishing development. In its adult phase, it lives only in mangrove swamps, always associated with the red mangrove "Rhizophora mangle" in the intertidal zone, where it grows almost completely buried in the mud. In Colombia, where it is called "Piangua", it is one of the most exploited bivalve species on the Pacific coast. The artisanal activity which benefits the communities is usually performed by families that collect these mollusks for food or to commercialize them in the local market. Currently, the resource, besides being used for consumption and local commerce, is being exported from Colombia to Ecuador. In Ecuador, a constant extraction has been maintained during the period 2004-2008, with an estimated total landing of 55.3 million shells among all receiving ports. In the Province of El Oro, the extraction and commercialization of Anadara tuberculosa is an economic activity with low performance and absence of added value in the production chain. The objective of this research is to explore the problem of agribusiness in the value chain of the bivalve mollusk Anadara tuberculosa. Specifically, to establish its possible causes and consequences, as part of a broader research oriented towards the development of an agribusiness management model that promotes its sustainable exploitation and entry into international markets, in particular the European market, in which consumers of Latin American origin, represent a segment that could be interested in its intake, complying with the added value standards and quality required. |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness, Agricultural and Food Policy, Agricultural Finance |
| Date: | 2018–10–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iefi18:276884&r=env |
| By: | Sulewski, Piotr |
| Abstract: | The study attempts to assess the economic viability of afforestation of poor quality agricultural lands. The change in the direction of use of the poorest soils is justified both for environmental and agro-economic reasons. Assumptions regardingt he increase in the forest cover ratio have been inscribed in the National Woodland Extension Programme for over 20 years. The analyses showed that afforestation of the poorest agricultural lands executed with the support of the so-called “Afforestation programme” under the RDP may result in an improvement in agricultural income. Obtaining positive effects in this area, however, depends on, the possibility of carrying out afforestation and care works with the involvement of only own workforce. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Farm Management |
| Date: | 2018 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iafepa:276379&r=env |
| By: | Niu, Yuan; Shah, Farhed A. |
| Keywords: | Natural Resource Economics, Resource and Environmental Policy Analysis, International Development |
| Date: | 2018–06–20 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea18:274301&r=env |
| By: | Fankhauser, Samuel; Jotzo, Frank |
| Abstract: | Energy is needed for economic growth, and access to cheap, reliable energy is an essential development objective. Historically most incremental energy demand has been met through fossil fuels; however, in future that energy will have to be low carbon and ultimately zero‐carbon. Decarbonization can and needs to happen at varying speeds in all countries, depending on national circumstances. This article reviews the implications of a transition to low‐carbon energy on economic growth and development in current low‐income countries. It sets out empirical findings about trajectories for energy intensity and emissions intensity of economic growth; explores pathways to accelerate decarbonization; reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on economic costs and co‐benefits of energy decarbonization; and assesses analytical approaches. It discusses the opportunities that might arise in terms of a cleaner, more dynamic and more sustainable growth model, and the options for developing countries to implement a less‐carbon intensive model of economic development |
| JEL: | R14 J01 |
| Date: | 2017–10–09 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:86850&r=env |
| By: | Adusumilli, Naveen; Wang, Hua |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Production Economics |
| Date: | 2018–01–16 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:saea18:266542&r=env |
| By: | Lamprinakis, L.; Rodriguez, D. G. P.; Prestvik, A. S.; Veidal, A.; Klimek, B. |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness |
| Date: | 2017–09–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iefi18:276889&r=env |
| By: | Adams, Kerr; Kovacs, Kent |
| Abstract: | Agriculture in the Arkansas Delta region is dependent upon the accessibility of irrigation water. The most common irrigation water source is groundwater. This practice has led to the depletion of groundwater which is having a damaging influence on the natural resources of the state and the productions costs of agriculture in the region. The adoption of reservoirs and tail-water recovery systems are being promoted as a way of minimizing groundwater depletion and promoting surface water irrigation. Despite the long term benefits of surface water use, many producers are reluctant to adopt the water saving practices. To better understand the barriers of adoption, this project uses the responses from producers who took part in the Arkansas Irrigation Survey in 2016. The responses from this survey are used to find which factors are correlated with the adoption of water storage facilities. The research finds that peer networks are positively correlated with the adoption of surface water irrigation. Producers who know someone who has already adopted surface water irrigation practices, are more likely to have adopted. The results of this research can be used to help extension agencies promote surface water irrigation. |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy, Land Economics/Use, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies |
| Date: | 2018–01–12 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:saea18:266494&r=env |
| By: | Edi Defrancesco; Maria Angela Perito; Irene Bozzolan; Leonardo Cei; Gianluca Stefani |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness |
| Date: | 2017–09–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iefi18:276913&r=env |
| By: | Amin, Modhurima D.; Badruddoza, Syed |
| Keywords: | Natural Resource Economics, Resource and Environmental Policy Analysis, Environmental and Nonmarket Valuation |
| Date: | 2018–06–20 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea18:274295&r=env |
| By: | Huseynov, Samir; Palma, Marco A. |
| Keywords: | Industrial Org./Supply Chain Management, Resource and Environmental Policy Analysis, Research Methods/Econometrics/Stats |
| Date: | 2018–06–20 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea18:274200&r=env |
| By: | Du, Xiaoxue; Ye, Fanglin |
| Keywords: | Productivity Analysis and Emerging Technologies, Resource and Environmental Policy Analysis, Risk and Uncertainty |
| Date: | 2018–06–20 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea18:274373&r=env |
| By: | Mérel, Pierre; Gammans, Matthew |
| Keywords: | Research Methods/Econometrics/Stats, Environmental and Nonmarket Valuation, Production Economics |
| Date: | 2018–06–20 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea18:274399&r=env |
| By: | Carriquiry, Miguel A. |
| Keywords: | Food and Agricultural Policy Analysis, Resource and Environmental Policy Analysis, Environmental and Nonmarket Valuation |
| Date: | 2018–06–20 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea18:273837&r=env |
| By: | Erandathie Pathiraja; Garry Griffith; Bob Farquharson; Rob Faggian |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness |
| Date: | 2017–09–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iefi18:276938&r=env |
| By: | Bachev, Hrabrin |
| Abstract: | This paper summarizes the main achievements and most important challenges of agrarian sustainable development in Bulgaria and China at current stage. The study has found out that, in the last several decades in Bulgaria and China took place unprecedented modernization of institutional structure in agriculture as legislation and regulation framework has been innovated along with the extent and modes of public intervention/and support to the sector, the importance and diversity of provide and collective structure of production, marketing, food security, eco-management, etc. Simultaneously in Bulgaria and China and in the individual regions of each country exists a considerable specificity of socio-economic conditions, natural resources, institutional structure, cultural and historical development, efficiency of public governance and multiple challenges. The contemporary agrarian development in both countries is characterized with a number of similar socio-economic and ecological challenges most important of which are: low comparative productivity and competitiveness of a great portion of agricultural production; unequal public support to different type of farms, subsectors of production and regions of the country; increasing discrepancies in income and living standards of population in different regions, sectors of economy and type of economic organizations; insufficient involvement of all interested parties at all levels of decision making, control, sustainability assessment, etc.; aging of population in rural areas and lack if young and qualified labors in farms; existence of large informal sector with uncontrolled products for quality, safety, intellectual property, ecology, etc. and with dominating informal (including illegal) structures; significant adverse impact of agrarian development on agricultural lands, waters, air, biodiversity, etc.; serious risks for food security in the future in accordance with the trends in production and consumption, etc. Having in mind the importance of such comparative studies they have to continue and deepen with the employment of micro economic and other data, in-depth and case studies, etc. |
| Keywords: | sustainable development, agriculture, Bulgaria, China, achievements, challenges |
| JEL: | Q10 Q14 Q15 Q17 Q18 Q5 |
| Date: | 2018–01–15 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:89407&r=env |
| By: | Wu, Tingting; Thomassin, Paul J. |
| Keywords: | Resource and Environmental Policy Analysis, Food and Agricultural Policy Analysis, Environmental and Nonmarket Valuation |
| Date: | 2018–06–20 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea18:274418&r=env |
| By: | Per Engelseth; I Nyoman Pujawan; Mirwan Ushada |
| Abstract: | The house of risk model represents an approach to mitigate risk through systematically analysing data risk agents based on empirical findings through prioritizing them. Food production is associated with uncertainty both within the production system as well as in environment. Given the state of current technology, including its rapid development impacting on connectivity in supply chains, the house of risk model is considered through this conceptual study applying an ecosystems approach on how to mitigate risk in food chains in their many-faceted environmental setting. Ecosystems thinking is rooted in a normative quest to secure sustainability. It also is at the operations level a complex system. It is pointed out that an ecosystems approach encompasses mixed methods, including both deterministic and complex systems. The nature of this complementarity is discussed. The study provides a list of four issues regarding using the house of risk model within an ecosystem: (1) ethical, (2) development, (3) operations and (4) discourse. |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness, Agricultural and Food Policy, Agricultural Finance |
| Date: | 2018–10–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iefi18:276882&r=env |
| By: | Kevin Berry (Institute of Social and Economic Reesarch, Department of Economics, University of Alaska Anchorage); Eli P. Fenichel (School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University); Brian E Robinson (Department of Geography, McGill University) |
| Abstract: | Common pool resources often insure individual livelihoods against the collapse of private endeavors. When endeavors based on private and common pool resources are interconnected, investment in one may put the other at risk. We model Senegalese pastoralists who choose whether to grow crops, a private activity, or raise livestock on common pool pastureland. Livestock can increase the likelihood of locust outbreaks via ecological processes related to grassland degradation. Locust outbreaks damage crops, but not livestock, which are used for savings and insurance. We show the incentive to self-protect (reduce grazing pressure) or self-insure (increase livestock levels) changes with various property rights schemes and levels of ecological detail. If the common pool nature of insurance exacerbates the ecological externality even fully-informed individuals may make decisions that increase the probability of catastrophe, creating an “insurance trap.” |
| Keywords: | Environmental externality, common pool resources, poverty trap, endogenous risk |
| JEL: | Q20 Q54 Q57 |
| Date: | 2018–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ala:wpaper:2018-04&r=env |
| By: | Calil, Yuri Clements Daglia; De Salvo, Carmine Paolo |
| Keywords: | Food and Agricultural Policy Analysis, Environmental and Nonmarket Valuation, International Trade |
| Date: | 2018–06–20 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea18:273876&r=env |
| By: | Siti Haslina Md Harizan (School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia Author-2-Name: Author-2-Workplace-Name: Author-3-Name: Author-3-Workplace-Name: Author-4-Name: Author-4-Workplace-Name: Author-5-Name: Author-5-Workplace-Name: Author-6-Name: Author-6-Workplace-Name: Author-7-Name: Author-7-Workplace-Name: Author-8-Name: Author-8-Workplace-Name:) |
| Abstract: | Objective - This paper aims to explain the motivational drives underlying the use of solar energy and to examine the effectiveness of integrated marketing communication tools in the dissemination of solar PV information among household consumers in Malaysia. Methodology/Technique - Data was collected using in-depth interviews, participant observations, and on-site visits to participants' homes. Sixteen private household consumers who were registered with the Sustainable Energy Development Authority Malaysia (SEDA), and who were located in different regions of several states in Malaysia, were selected using purposive and snowball sampling. The data was then transcribed and analyzed by identifying the themes and commonalities of the respondents. Findings - The findings indicate that there are 4 motivating factors that lead to solar PV adoption. Those are: economic, societal well-being, environmental well-being, and knowledge/cognition. The integrated marketing communication tools found to be most effective include mass media (television), electronic media (including social media and websites) and interpersonal sources. Novelty - The study elaborates on the motivations underlying the adoption of solar energy based on the real experiences of solar PV users. The study also assesses the effectiveness of integrated marketing communication tools used by various stakeholders in promoting solar PV systems based on user feedback. |
| Keywords: | Integrated Marketing Communication; Motivation; Residential; Solar Photovoltaic System; Sustainable Marketing. |
| JEL: | M31 O33 |
| Date: | 2018–09–16 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:gtr:gatrjs:gjbssr513&r=env |
| By: | Gabriel Gomes (EconomiX - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Emmanuel Hache (IFPEN - IFP Energies nouvelles - IFPEN - IFP Energies nouvelles); Valerie Mignon (CEPII - Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales - Centre d'analyse stratégique, EconomiX - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Anthony Paris (EconomiX - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IFPEN - IFP Energies nouvelles - IFPEN - IFP Energies nouvelles) |
| Abstract: | Many developed countries promote the use of biofuels for environmental concerns, leading to a rise in the price of agricultural commodities utilized in their production. Such environmental policies have major effects on the economy of emerging and developing countries whose activity is highly dependent on agricultural commodities involved in biofuel production. This paper tackles this issue by examining the price impact of biofuels on the current account for a panel of 16 developing and emerging countries, and the potential nonlinear effect exerted by the price of oil on this relationship. Relying on the estimation of panel smooth-transition regression models, we show that positive shocks in the price of biofuels lead to a current-account improvement for agricultural commodity exporters (resp. producers) only when the price of oil is below 45 (resp. 56) US dollars per barrel. When the price of oil exceeds these thresholds, the effect of fluctuations in the price of biofuels on the current account tends to weaken and become non significant. Under these conditions, our findings indicate that, for agricultural commodity exporters which are also oil importers, the current account is pulled by two opposite forces, making its overall reaction modest or even nil. JEL Classification: Q16; Q43; F32; C23.. We would like to thank Cécile Couharde, Anne-Laure Delatte and Sébastien Jean for helpful comments and suggestions. |
| Keywords: | Biofuels,Oil,Current account,Panel smooth transition regression * |
| Date: | 2018–05 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01882204&r=env |
| By: | Ståle Navrud |
| Abstract: | This paper reviews and compares five case studies on quantification and economic valuation of benefits in cost-benefit analyses (CBAs) of regulating phthalates, mercury, PFOA (perfluoro-octanic acid) and its salts, NMP (1 methyl-2-pyrroloidine) and formaldehyde. The case studies had all been carried out as part of the SACAME project, and the purpose of the present paper is to draw out cross-cutting findings from these studies. |
| Keywords: | Chemicals regulations, cost-benefit analysis, damage function, ecosystem services, health benefits, impact pathway |
| JEL: | D61 J17 Q51 Q53 Q57 |
| Date: | 2018–10–22 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:oec:envaaa:136-en&r=env |
| By: | Marina Soubirou (Pacte, Laboratoire de sciences sociales - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - UJF - Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 - IEPG - Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes, Labex ITEM - Laboratoire d'excellence Innovation et Territoires de Montagne - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes - USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] - Université Savoie Mont Blanc - Irstea - UJF - Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2) |
| Date: | 2018–09–19 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-01877535&r=env |
| By: | Benjamin, Catherine; Gallic, Ewen |
| Keywords: | Household and Labor Economics, Production Economics, Food Safety and Nutrition |
| Date: | 2018–06–20 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea18:274185&r=env |
| By: | Ferreira, Marcelo D P; Feres, Jose |
| Keywords: | Resource and Environmental Policy Analysis, Risk and Uncertainty, Production Economics |
| Date: | 2018–06–20 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea18:274436&r=env |
| By: | Song, Danbee; Sam, Abdoul G. |
| Keywords: | Resource and Environmental Policy Analysis, International Trade, Industrial Org./Supply Chain Management |
| Date: | 2018–06–20 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea18:274425&r=env |
| By: | Chen, Xuan; Vuong, Nguyen |
| Keywords: | Household and Labor Economics, Rural/Community Development, Risk and Uncertainty |
| Date: | 2018–06–20 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea18:274187&r=env |
| By: | Rijal, Binish; Khanna, Neha |
| Keywords: | Resource and Environmental Policy Analysis, Behavioral & Institutional Economics, Research Methods/Econometrics/Stats |
| Date: | 2018–06–20 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea18:274424&r=env |
| By: | Corinna Hempel; Sabine Will; Katrin Zander |
| Abstract: | Bio-economy describes an economy based on renewable instead of fossil resources. To ensure the success of this transformation it is necessary to involve society into the process. Q methodology was used to empirically assess people’s perspectives on bio-economy in Germany. Using a Q-type factor analysis three perspectives were identified. “Sufficiency and close affinity to nature” focuses on natural/ecological relations, while “Technological Progress” favours technologies to become less dependent on fossil resources. The third perspective “Not at any price” is rather concerned about economic trade-offs. An online survey is planned to investigate the representation of these perspectives in the wider population. |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness, Agricultural and Food Policy, Agricultural Finance |
| Date: | 2018–10–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iefi18:276871&r=env |
| By: | Lee, Seungyub; McCann, Laura |
| Abstract: | Using cover crops is beneficial not only for soil health but also for the environment, but many farmers have not adopted cover crops. We used a probit model with data on 1708 soybean producers from the 2012 USDA Agricultural Resource Management Survey to identify factors affecting adoption of cover crops. We found that perceptions of yield benefits were positively correlated with adoption, while concern about weeds was negatively correlated. Adoption varied by region. Educational efforts should focus on farmers’ perceptions and concerns about using cover crops, such as timing of seeding cover crops, especially for farmers in colder regions. |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy, Institutional and Behavioral Economics, Land Economics/Use, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2018–01–16 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:saea18:266576&r=env |
| By: | Nina Langen; Emily Bauske; Ricarda Dubral; Christine Göbel; Melanie Speck; Tobias Engelmann; Holger Rohn; Petra Teitscheid |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness |
| Date: | 2017–09–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iefi18:276928&r=env |
| By: | Paul Pelz; Steven Poelhekke |
| Abstract: | We analyse the local e ect of exogenous shocks to the value of mineral deposits at the district level in Indonesia using a panel of manufacturing plants. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to model and estimate the effect of heterogeneity in natural resource extraction methods. We find that in areas where mineral extraction is relatively capital-intensive, mining booms cause virtually no upward pressure on manufacturing earnings per worker, and both producers of traded and local goods benefit from mining booms in terms of employment. In contrast, labour-intensive mining booms drive up local manufacturing wages such that producers of traded goods reduce employment. This source of heterogeneity helps to explain the mixed evidence for `Dutch disease' effects in the literature. In addition, we find no evidence that fiscal revenue sharing between sub-national districts leads to any spillovers. |
| Keywords: | Dutch disease, natural resources, mining, labour intensity, Indonesia |
| JEL: | L1 L72 O12 O13 Q30 |
| Date: | 2018 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:oxf:oxcrwp:214&r=env |
| By: | Solomon Asfaw (Green Climate Fund (GCF), South Korea); Giuseppe Maggio (University of Sussex); Alessandro Palma (CEIS - University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy; IEFE - Bocconi University, Milan, Italy) |
| Abstract: | This paper explores the resilience capacity of rural Ethiopian households after the drought shock occurred in 2011. The work develops an original empirical framework able to capture the policy and socio-economic determinants of households’ resilience capacity by making parametric statistical assumption on the resilience distribution. To this end, the analysis employs a two-wave representative panel dataset aligned with detailed weather records while controlling for a large set of household- and community-level characteristics. The analysis shows that the majority of these factors affects significantly resilience capacity only in the group of households affected by the drought shock, suggesting that the observed effect relates to the adaptive capacity enabled by these factors, rather than a simple welfare effect. Three policy indications emerge from the findings of the empirical model. First, government support programmes, such as the PSNP, appear to sustain households’ resilience by helping them to reach the level of pre-shock total consumption, but have no impact on the food-consumption resilience. Secondly, the “selling out assets strategy” affects positively on households’ resilience, but only in terms of food consumption. Finally, the presence of informal institutions, such as social networks providing financial support, sharply increases households’ resilience by helping them to reach pre-shock levels of food and total consumption. Policies incentivizing the formation of these networks, through the participation of households to agricultural cooperative, agricultural associations, or community projects, may also help farmers in recovering their wealth level after a weather shock. |
| Keywords: | resilience, adaptation, livelihood strategy, food security, climate change, Ethiopia, drought. |
| JEL: | Q12 Q18 I32 C13 |
| Date: | 2018–10 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:sru:ssewps:2018-18&r=env |
| By: | Committee, Nobel Prize (Nobel Prize Committee) |
| Abstract: | This year's prize rewards the design of models and methods to address some of the most fundamental and pressing questions of our time, involving the long-run development of the global economy and the welfare of its citizens. Paul M. Romer has given us new tools for understanding how long-run technological change is determined in a market economy, while William D. Nordhaus has pioneered a framework for understanding how the economy and climate of our planet are mutually dependent on each other. In his focus on the fundamental endogeneity of technological change, Romer has emphasized how the economy can expand the boundaries - and thus the possibilities - of its future activities. In his focus on the fundamental challenges of climate change, Nordhaus has stressed important negative side effects - and thus the restrictions - of the endeavors to bring about future prosperity. Both Romer and Nordhaus emphasize that the market economy, while a powerful engine of human development, has important imperfections and their contributions have thus offered insights into how government policy could potentially enhance our long-run welfare. |
| Keywords: | long-term growth; |
| JEL: | O00 |
| Date: | 2018–10–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ris:nobelp:2018_002&r=env |
| By: | Jacques Jaussaud (CREG - Centre de recherche et d'études en gestion - UPPA - Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, CATT - Centre d'Analyse Théorique et de Traitement des données économiques - UPPA - Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour); Julien Martine (CRCAO - Centre de recherche sur les civilisations de l'Asie Orientale - EPHE - École pratique des hautes études - CdF - Collège de France - UPD7 - Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Serge Rey (CATT - Centre d'Analyse Théorique et de Traitement des données économiques - UPPA - Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour) |
| Abstract: | Le tremblement de terre qui a frappé le Nord Est du Japon le 11 mars 2011, le tsunami qu'il a provoqué et l'accident nucléaire de Fukushima qui s'en est suivi constituent une catastrophe unique dans l'histoire du Japon contemporain. Comment en étudier en particulier les conséquences économiques et managériales ? C'est ce que cette contribution s'efforce de mettre au clair. La littérature sur les catastrophes antérieures, au Japon et ailleurs, permet de dégager des pistes pour étudier les conséquences de ce séisme. Son caractère unique, toutefois, invite à une approche spécifique, articulant diverses perspectives, économiques et managériales notamment, et différents horizons temporels. |
| Keywords: | Japon,Catastrophe,Crise,Tremblement de terre du 11 mars 2011 |
| Date: | 2018–09–24 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:wpaper:hal-01880346&r=env |
| By: | Ahmadiani, Mona; Ferreira, Susana |
| Keywords: | Resource and Environmental Policy Analysis, Environmental and Nonmarket Valuation, Natural Resource Economics |
| Date: | 2018–06–20 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea18:274433&r=env |
| By: | Ratthapoom Wongpradu; Supeecha Panichpathom |
| Abstract: | A fast-growing number of small and medium size hotels in Thailand leads to a fierce competition within hotel industry. Old strategies such as price cutting may be obsolete. Needs of niche customers must be identified in order to target the right market and to employ the limited resource with correspond strategies. Thus, this paper aims to examine the preferred attributes on hotel choice decisions for Thai baby boomer travelers. Conjoint analysis technique was applied to explore how qualified respondents perceive the relative importance of cleanliness, monetary value, sleep quality, location, facilities, and amenities quality in the selection of small and medium hotels under the operation of Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) entrepreneurs. Despite the complication in collecting the samples of the technique, an innovative board game is created correspondingly to simplify the process and to visually mimic the trade-off situation in a process of consumer's evaluation. The findings suggest that application of the most preference profile card: Clean bed, Free Breakfast, Adjustable temperature, Green Environment, Fast-heated water heater should be put in priority in regard to the willingness to pay. SME hotel entrepreneurs targeting baby boom traveler could adjust the attributes to the outcomes accordingly in order to be competitive. |
| Keywords: | Baby boomers; Board Game; Conjoint Analysis; Hotel; Willingness to pay |
| JEL: | R3 |
| Date: | 2018–01–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arz:wpaper:eres2018_181&r=env |
| By: | Shunta Yamaguchi (OECD) |
| Abstract: | The transition towards a more resource efficient and circular economy has broad linkages with international trade through the emergence of global value chains as well as trade in second-hand goods, end-of-life products, secondary materials and waste. Despite of the potential linkages between trade and the circular economy, the existing research on this issue is limited to date. For this reason, this paper highlights the potential interaction of international trade and the circular economy in order to map out potential issues to address and to guide further research areas to explore on this topic. The paper first briefly introduces the circular economy concept and how trade can come into play, second highlights the various ways in which trade and the circular economy can potentially interact with one another, and third briefly concludes with potential ways forward and next steps. |
| Keywords: | circular economy, environment policy, resource efficiency, sustainable materials management, trade and environment, trade policy |
| JEL: | F18 O13 Q53 Q56 |
| Date: | 2018–10–18 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:oec:traaaa:2018/03-en&r=env |
| By: | Alhassan, Mustapha; Motallebi, Marzieh |
| Keywords: | Resource and Environmental Policy Analysis, Risk and Uncertainty, Experimental Economics |
| Date: | 2018–06–20 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea18:274405&r=env |
| By: | Wu, Yu; Sills, Erin O. |
| Keywords: | Natural Resource Economics, Resource and Environmental Policy Analysis, International Development |
| Date: | 2018–06–20 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea18:274317&r=env |
| By: | Voica, Daniel C.; Wimmer, Stefan G. |
| Keywords: | Food and Agricultural Policy Analysis, Production Economics, Risk and Uncertainty |
| Date: | 2018–06–20 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea18:273874&r=env |
| By: | Sampson, Gabriel; Perry, Edward |
| Keywords: | Natural Resource Economics, Environmental and Nonmarket Valuation, Productivity Analysis and Emerging Technologies |
| Date: | 2018–06–20 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea18:274300&r=env |
| By: | Anand, Mohit; Miao, Ruiqing; Khanna, Madhu |
| Abstract: | This paper investigates farmers’ willingness to grow bio-energy crops (namely, miscanthus and switchgrass) while accounting for their preferences toward loss. We model a representative farmer’s optimal land allocation problem between conventional crops and bio-energy crops by employing the prospect theory. Numerical simulation is conducted for 1,919 U.S. counties east of the 100th Meridian that have yield data for corn and for at least one bio-energy crop. Results show that all else equal, if farmers are credit constrained then accounting for loss aversion will decrease the miscanthus production but increase switchgrass production. If farmers are not credit constrained, however, then accounting for loss aversion only has small impact on bio-energy crop production, indicating that the availability of credit mitigates the effect of farmers’ loss preferences. We also find that biomass production on marginal land is less sensitive to farmers’ loss aversion than production on high quality land is, which underscores the importance of marginal land in providing biomass for the bio-energy and bio-product sector. Moreover, results show that impact of loss aversion is smaller when interest rate is low as compare to scenarios under which interest rate is high. Geographical configuration of biomass production under various loss aversion, credit constraint, and interest rate scenarios are examined as well. |
| Keywords: | Production Economics, Risk and Uncertainty |
| Date: | 2018–01–04 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:saea18:266326&r=env |
| By: | Khadka Mishra, Shruti; Zhu, Minjia |
| Keywords: | Environmental and Nonmarket Valuation, Natural Resource Economics, Resource and Environmental Policy Analysis |
| Date: | 2018–06–20 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea18:273996&r=env |
| By: | Grout, Travis; Ifft, Jennifer E. |
| Keywords: | Ag Finance and Farm Management, Production Economics, Resource and Environmental Policy Analysis |
| Date: | 2018–06–20 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea18:274119&r=env |
| By: | Tobias Engelmann; Melanie Speck; Holger Rohn; Katrin Bienge; Nina Langen; Eva Howell; Christine Göbel; Silke Friedrich; Petra Teitscheid; Christa Liedtke |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness |
| Date: | 2017–09–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iefi18:276927&r=env |
| By: | Paudel, Jayash; Crago, Christine L. |
| Keywords: | Natural Resource Economics, Resource and Environmental Policy Analysis, Environmental and Nonmarket Valuation |
| Date: | 2018–06–20 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea18:274312&r=env |
| By: | Bullock, David S.; D'Arcangelo, Filippo Maria; Desquilbet, Marion |
| Abstract: | Weed control in the U.S. Midwest has become increasingly herbicide-centric due to the adoption of herbicide-tolerant (HT) crops in the 1990s. The scarcity of the use of integrated weed management (IWM) practices, including biological and mechanical controls, is concerning for two reasons. First, herbicides create negative health and environmental externalities. Second, weed resistance to some herbicides is increasing, which creates incentives to use additional herbicides. However, it seems certain that weeds will develop resistance to those herbicides as well, so applying “herbicide upon herbicide” is socially problematic. In this context, we develop an economic framework to clarify the interplay among the different market failures that either contribute to the herbicidal “lock-in” or make it problematic. We then analyze the evidence for and perceptions of these market failures based on twenty-four semistructured interviews with farmers and experts conducted in 2017, as well as discussions in the academic literature. To this end, we put into perspective the possible self-reinforcing effects in the adoption path of HT crops, such as increasing farm size, changes in farm equipment, increasing incentives for simplified crop rotations, and the loss of practical knowledge of IWM practices. |
| Keywords: | herbicide-tolerant crops; integrated weed management; health and environmental;externalities; weed resistance; lock-in |
| Date: | 2018–09 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:tse:wpaper:32982&r=env |