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Adoption of environmental innovations: Analysis from the Waipara wine industry
(Elsevier on behalf of UniCeSV, University of Florence, 2013-06)
The Greening Waipara Project developed and introduced a number of ecologically and environmentally-focused practices to the Waipara vineyards and wineries of North Canterbury, New Zealand. This paper describes the practices ...
Instruments for internalising the environmental externalities in commercial fisheries : report to Ministry of Fisheries
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 2000-07)
Commercial fisheries in New Zealand having significant environmental externalities are identified and a framework for comparative Environmental Impact Assessment is proposed. From this analysis and from a survey of ...
Valuing the benefits of public goods to meet the requirements of the Local Government Act in New Zealand
(Victoria University of Wellington. School of Economics and Finance, 2000)
The Local Government Amendment Act (No 3) requires Local Authorities to consider the distribution benefits from publicly provided services in relation to their expenditure and financing. This is feasible in the case of ...
Perceptions of the state of the environment: the 2002 survey of public attitudes, preferences and perceptions of the New Zealand environment
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 2002)
The second biennial survey of people's perceptions of the state of the New Zealand environment was undertaken in February 2002. The survey is based on the Pressure-State-Response model of state of the environment reporting. ...
Determinants of forestry investment and extent of forestry expansion by smallholders in New Zealand
(Review of Applied Economics., 2008)
While there has been a large increase in investment in plantation forestry in New Zealand by smallholders during the past decade, there are still many smallholders who have chosen not to become involved in this land use ...
Measuring the success and cost effectiveness of New Zealand multiple-species projects to the conservation of threatened species
(Elsevier, 2005-05)
Much attention is focused on conservation efforts to protect and recover threatened species. As part of these efforts, many projects attempt to manage sites containing populations of more than one threatened species. ...
Will unit-pricing reduce domestic waste? Lessons from a contingent valuation study
(Routledge, 2005)
This paper estimates the effect of introducing unit-pricing for municipal domestic waste collection and disposal in Christchurch. The price effect is shown in a demand model estimation using data collected in a contingent ...
Economic valuation of ecosystem services in New Zealand winegrowing regions: Testing for benefit transfer
(Serials Publications, 2010)
Benefit transfer (BT) is a pragmatic way of estimating values by transferring values from existing valuation studies to a target area of interest. BT using choice modeling (CM) is a potentially cost-effective method for ...
Choice experiment assessment of public expenditure preferences
(Taylor & Francis, 2010)
Preferences for changes to public expenditures were evaluated using a choice experiment. Results indicate potential efficiency gains from reallocation of expenditures to items with higher marginal welfare. In particular, ...
Option value: improving resource allocation efficiency
(Lincoln University. Centre for Resource Management, 1991-10)
Measuring consumer benefits associated with a policy or a project in a world where prices and outcomes are known with certainty is, at least in theory, straightforward. Changes in consumer surplus provide an appropriate ...