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Willingness to pay and willingness to accept for changes in native vegetation cover

Concu, Giovanni B - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2007

In this paper we experiment with an original format of a Choice Modelling questionnaire developed to capture preferences from respondents with different property right frame of references. The format includes both WTP and WTA choice alternatives for native vegetation management. It is well...

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Poverty, Political Failure and the Use of Open Access Resources in Developing Countries

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2006

This paper begins by distinguishing open-access resources from common-property resources, the use of which is subject to communal rules. In practice, it is suggested that these cases are the outcomes of a spectrum of property rights. The standard economic theory of the use of open-access...

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The Production of Biofuels: Welfare and Environmental Consequences for Asia

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2009

The production of biofuels has been supported by many conservationists and environmentalists on the grounds that it reduces greenhouse gas emissions and is a renewable energy substitute for non-renewable fossil fuels, mainly oil. More recently the domestic production of biofuels (and the...

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Economic Policy Instruments and Environmental Sustainability: A Second Look at Marketable or Tradeable Pollution or Environmental-Use Permits

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 1997

There has been a recent tendency to extol tradeable or marketable pollution permits or similar permits to use or exploit some natural resources, such as fish. They are often seen as a very effective way of maintaining environmental conditions in a desired way. However, considerable care is...

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Poverty, Poverty Reforms for Resource-use and Economic Efficiency: Neglected Issues

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2007

It is widely believed that in developing countries, open-access to natural resources, inadequate private property rights, and lack of development of market systems adds to the incidence of poverty. Increased economic efficiency is seen as a powerful force for reducing the extent of poverty in...

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Complex Policy Choices about Agricultural Externalities: Efficiency, Equity and Acceptability

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2008

A feature of the research contribution of Konrad Hagedorn is his proposals for the integration of economic, social and political dimensions of agricultural policy. His wholistic approach involves, in part, an extension of new institutionalism to public policy. This article identifies a number of...

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The impact of climate change on agriculture

Quiggin, John - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2008

discussion of the projected effects of climate change on agriculture, under ‘business as usual’ conditions in which global … concentrations of CO2 and slows the climate change. Both global effects and effects on Australian agriculture are considered, with a … particular focus on irrigated agriculture in the Murray–Darling Basin. …

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Agriculture and global climate stabilization: a public good analysis

Quiggin, John - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2009

agriculture. The best solution to the public goods problem is a ‘contract and converge’ agreement in which the ultimate outcome is …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010911019

China's Agricultural Sustainability and Conservation of Biodiversity: Competing Policies and Paradigms

Tisdell, Clem - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 1996

attention to agriculture. In it the following are considered: 1. Different broad approaches to policy-making and implementation … sustainability. 4. Important relationships between agriculture and the conservation of biodiversity. 5. Reasons for sustaining … biodiversity, possible methods for doing so, and their implications for agriculture. …

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Policy Choices about Agricultural Externalities and Sustainability: Diverse Approaches, Options and Issues

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2007

agriculture is considered as a particular case. By showing the relevance for agricultural policy of diverse foci, this study …

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