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The challenges of finding efficient policy measures to reduce Australia’s agricultural Greenhouse gas emissions
King, Helen - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2008
A comprehensive emissions trading scheme (ETS) is Australia’s principal climate change policy instrument. There are undoubtedly benefits of full ETS coverage. However, if emissions that cannot be affordably, reasonably and accurately measured are included, these must be balanced against...
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Environmental Economics of Ethanol Production – a brief introduction
Evers, Jonathan Rhys; Hundloe, Tor; Daniels, Peter L. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2009
By treating organic wastes as a resource, and applying a different method of waste management, organic wastes could contribute significantly to global energy needs. The ethanol distillation process waste product, stillage, is a soup-like waste stream that contains substantial organic content. By...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693288
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Valuing Ecosystem Services to Agricultural Production to Inform Policy Design: An Introduction
Aisbett, Emma; Kragt, Marit Ellen - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2010
There is an ongoing policy debate regarding both how much government intervention there should be to protect ecosystems affected by agriculture, and how the costs of these interventions should be distributed across different interest groups. In accordance with the policy focus in most countries,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693732
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Household perceptions of climate change and preferences for mitigation action: the case of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme in Australia
Akter, Sonia; Bennett, Jeffrey W. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2009
This study aims to show how Australian households perceive climate change and what they are prepared to do to reduce the harmful effects of climate change. A web-based survey in November 2008 asked approximately 600 New South Wales households about their willingness to pay additional household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693262
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Incorporating issues of risk and uncertainty into Choice Modelling experiments
Wang, Xuehong; Rolfe, John - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2009
Many policy issues, as well as policy funding and management choices, have elements of risk and uncertainty. This means … uncertainty are included. This research aims to explore some methodological approaches to identify and treat uncertainty in CM …. (2008), suggests that including uncertainty information in the choice sets should influence responses significantly. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693282
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Notes on Applying 'Real Options' to Climate Change Adaptation Measures, with Examples from Vietnam
Dobes, Leo - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2010
A factor common to all adaptation measures is the uncertainty that is the hallmark of climate change. The timing … and policy prescriptions ignore this uncertainty, their recommendations are likely to waste community resources. Except by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008756129
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Willingness to pay for kerbside recycling the Brisbane Region
Gillespie, Robert; Bennett, Jeffrey W. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2011
Waste policy in Australia has a strong focus on kerbside recycling. This has a range of costs and benefits to the community, including non-market benefits. However, in Australia, there has been little investigation of household willingness to pay for kerbside recycling. This paper used mixed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009145052
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Putting the Spotlight on Attribute Definition: Divergence Between Experts and the Public
Cleland, Jonelle; McCartney, Abbie - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2010
One of the key stages of designing a choice experiment is to define the attributes of interest. The attributes chosen essentially influence all subsequent activities carried out in a choice study. Surprisingly, the process of attribute definition is not the subject of critical and ongoing...
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The Effects of Penalty Design on Market Performance: Experimental Evidence from an Emissions Trading Scheme with Auctioned Permits
Restiani, Phillia; Betz, Regina - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2010
This paper investigates the behavioural implications of penalty designs on market performance using an experimental method. Three penalty types and two penalty levels are enforced in a laboratory permit market with auctioning, including the Australian Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme proposed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009145054
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Notes on Applying Real Options to Climate Change Adaptation Measures, with examples from Vietnam
Dobes, Leo - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2010
A factor common to all adaptation measures is the uncertainty that is the hallmark of climate change. The timing … and policy prescriptions ignore this uncertainty, their recommendations are likely to waste community resources. Except by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009145055