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Environmental Resource Valuation
Applications of the Contingent Valuation Method in Italy
Av Richard C. Bishop, Donato Romano
Inbunden, 1998
1130 kr
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Economic values are increasingly used in policy analysis and legal settings. With the growing recognition that many of the things that benefit or harm people are outside the market system, have come increasing efforts to develop nonmarket valuation techniques. One such technique is the contingent …
Valuing the Cost of Smoking
Assessment Methods, Risk Perception and Policy Options
Av Claude Jeanrenaud, Claude Jeanrenaud m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
1130 kr
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CLAUDEJEANRENAUD NILS SOGUEL Smoking is a very common habit all over the world. The prevalence rate ranges from 20% - 40% in industrialised countries, and is dramatically increasing in the developing world. Smoking is risky and there is ample scientific evidence to support this statement. We know …
Risk, Organizations, and Society
Inbunden, 1991
1130 kr
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Growth of the electric industry Electric generating stations and the associated transmission and distribu tion systems are high ticket items as are the costs of fuel and of operating the industry. The country presently spends about $150 billion annually on electricity. It is the country's largest …
Utility Theories: Measurements and Applications
Av Ward Edwards
Inbunden, 1992
2188 kr
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Traditional utility theory, growing out of the ideas of von Neumann & Morgenstern and Savage, asserts that wise decision makers should maximize some form of expected utility. Decision analysis as a technology implements this prescription. But even after careful thought, people do not necessarily …
Utility Theories: Measurements and Applications
Av Ward Edwards
Häftad, 1992
2188 kr
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The Conference on "Utility: Theories, Measurements, and Applications" met at the Inn at Pasatiempo in Santa Cruz, California, from June II to 15, 1989. The all-star cast of attendees are listed as authors in the Table of Contents of this book (see p. V), except for Soo Hong Chew and Amos Tversky. …
Environmental Economics & the Mining Industry
Inbunden, 1993
1130 kr
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This text examines the impact of environmental concerns and their related legislation on the mining industry. Specifically, the book focuses on two issues facing the mining industry: Superfund liability and global warming. The first issue has a tremendous impact on the sale of properties, insuring …
Dilemma of Siting a High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository
Av D. Easterling, Howard Kunreuther
Inbunden, 1995
1643 kr
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This book explores siting dilemmas - situations in which an "authority" (e.g., Congress, a consortium of utilities) deems it in the best interest of society to build a facility such as an incinerator, but opponents living near the proposed site thwart the plan. Facility developers typically …
Simulating Workplace Safety Policy
Av Thomas J. Kniesner, John D. Leeth
Inbunden, 1994
1692 kr
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People want more from the government. One thing they want more of is a sense of personal safety, at home and at work (Regulation, Fall 1991). People also want the government to quit wasting money. The objective of having the government provide a safer life for us and our children at minimum cost …
Contingent Valuation, Transport Safety and the Value of Life
Av Nathalie G. Schwab Christe, Nils C. Soguel
Inbunden, 1995
1692 kr
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Over the past two decades, economic theory has extended its field of application to non-market goods such as environmental resources and health. Although it is impossible to assign a price to these goods on the basis of market mechanisms alone, the fact that they have no price does not mean that …
Dilemma of Siting a High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository
Av D. Easterling, Howard Kunreuther
Häftad, 1995
1643 kr
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This book explores siting dilemmas - situations in which an "authority" (e.g., Congress, a consortium of utilities) deems it in the best interest of society to build a facility such as an incinerator, but opponents living near the proposed site thwart the plan. Facility developers typically …
Decisions, Games and Markets
Av Pierpaolo Battigalli, Aldo M. Montesano m. fl.
Inbunden, 1996
1692 kr
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Decisions, Games and Markets is designed to stimulate new developments in decision theory, game theory and general equilibrium theory, as well as in their applications to economics. The book is divided into three parts - Decision Theory, Game Theory, and the Theory of Markets. Though its …
Managing Environmental Risk Through Insurance
Av Paul K. Freeman, Howard Kunreuther
Inbunden, 1997
1130 kr
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Can insurance be used as a means to obtain compliance with environmental policy? Answering this question requires examination of a broad mosaic of academic issues, including current systems available for providing compensation and deterrence, use of contracts (including insurance) as substitutes …
Determining the Value of Non-Marketed Goods
Economic, Psychological, and Policy Relevant Aspects of Contingent Valuation Methods
Av Raymond J. Kopp, Werner W. Pommerehne m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
1692 kr
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Contingent valuation (CV) measures what is called passive use value or existence value. The CV method has been used to measure the benefits of environmental policy actions. CV measures of economic value rely on choice. In CV studies, choices are posed to people in surveys; analysts then use the …
Risk and Medical Decision Making
Inbunden, 2002
1130 kr
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For people interested in risk management, medical activity represents a stimulating field of study and thought. On the one hand, progress in medical knowledge and technology tends to reduce the risks to survival that individuals would face in the absence of appropriate diagnostic or therapeutic …
Risks of Terrorism
Inbunden, 2003
1098 kr
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The September 11, 2001 terrorism attack on the United States has led government officials to rethink anti-terrorism policies and researchers to assess the implications for the study of risk and uncertainty. This book draws on the expertise of eminent researchers in several risk-related fields to …
Risks of Terrorism
Häftad, 2010
1002 kr
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The September 11, 2001 terrorism attack on the United States has led government officials to rethink anti-terrorism policies and researchers to assess the implications for the study of risk and uncertainty. This book draws on the expertise of eminent researchers in several risk-related fields to …
Risk and Medical Decision Making
Häftad, 2012
1130 kr
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For people interested in risk management, medical activity represents a stimulating field of study and thought. On the one hand, progress in medical knowledge and technology tends to reduce the risks to survival that individuals would face in the absence of appropriate diagnostic or therapeutic …
Environmental Resource Valuation
Applications of the Contingent Valuation Method in Italy
Av Richard C. Bishop, Donato Romano
Häftad, 2012
1098 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Economic values are increasingly used in policy analysis and legal settings. With the growing recognition that many of the things that benefit or harm people are outside the market system, have come increasing efforts to develop nonmarket valuation techniques. One such technique is the contingent …
Decisions, Games and Markets
Av Pierpaolo Battigalli, Aldo M. Montesano m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
1692 kr
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Decisions, Games and Markets is designed to stimulate new developments in decision theory, game theory and general equilibrium theory, as well as in their applications to economics. The book is divided into three parts - Decision Theory, Game Theory, and the Theory of Markets. Though its …
Simulating Workplace Safety Policy
Av Thomas J. Kniesner, John D. Leeth
Häftad, 2012
1692 kr
Lägg i varukorg
People want more from the government. One thing they want more of is a sense of personal safety, at home and at work (Regulation, Fall 1991). People also want the government to quit wasting money. The objective of having the government provide a safer life for us and our children at minimum cost …
Contingent Valuation, Transport Safety and the Value of Life
Av Nathalie G. Schwab Christe, Nils C. Soguel
Häftad, 2012
1643 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Over the past two decades, economic theory has extended its field of application to non-market goods such as environmental resources and health. Although it is impossible to assign a price to these goods on the basis of market mechanisms alone, the fact that they have no price does not mean that …
Environmental Economics & the Mining Industry
Häftad, 2012
1098 kr
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Superfund liability). This is an issue that is currently having an dramatic impact on the industry. The impact is being felt in transactions involving the potential sale of properties, insuring operations, development of new properties, joint ventures, or more generally, practically every phase of …
Valuing the Cost of Smoking
Assessment Methods, Risk Perception and Policy Options
Av Claude Jeanrenaud, Nils C. Soguel
Häftad, 2012
1128 kr
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CLAUDEJEANRENAUD NILS SOGUEL Smoking is a very common habit all over the world. The prevalence rate ranges from 20% - 40% in industrialised countries, and is dramatically increasing in the developing world. Smoking is risky and there is ample scientific evidence to support this statement. We know …
Managing Environmental Risk Through Insurance
Av Paul K. Freeman, Howard Kunreuther
Häftad, 2012
1128 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Can insurance be used as a means to obtain compliance with environmental policy? Answering this question requires examination of a broad mosaic of academic issues, including current systems available for providing compensation and deterrence, use of contracts (including insurance) as substitutes …
Determining the Value of Non-Marketed Goods
Economic, Psychological, and Policy Relevant Aspects of Contingent Valuation Methods
Av Raymond J. Kopp, Werner W. Pommerehne m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
1692 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Contingent valuation (CV) measures what is called passive use value or existence value. The CV method has been used to measure the benefits of environmental policy actions. CV measures of economic value rely on choice. In CV studies, choices are posed to people in surveys; analysts then use the …
Efficiency in Environmental Regulation
A Benefit-Cost Analysis of Alternative Approaches
Häftad, 2011
551 kr
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A management agency --such as a publicly or privately owned electric utility -- must, if it is to be efficient in carrying out its day-to-day tasks, have a means of monitoring its performance to assess the efficiency of its operations and the effectiveness of its planning. For example, how did the …
Risk, Organizations, and Society
Häftad, 2011
1128 kr
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Growth of the electric industry Electric generating stations and the associated transmission and distribu tion systems are high ticket items as are the costs of fuel and of operating the industry. The country presently spends about $150 billion annually on electricity. It is the country's largest …
Stochastic Dominance
Investment Decision Making under Uncertainty
Av Haim Levy
Häftad, 2010
3027 kr
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This second edition of Stochastic Dominance is devoted to investment decision making under uncertainty. The book covers four basic approaches to this process: a) The stochastic dominance (SD) approach, developed on the foundation of von-Neumann and Morgenstem^ expected utiHty paradigm. b) The …
