Land EconomicsPub Date : 2023-03-22DOI: 10.3368/le.99.4.090321-0106r3
Donna Ramirez Harrington
{"title":"Technology, Management, and Input Choices to Increase Abatement and Output","authors":"Donna Ramirez Harrington","doi":"10.3368/le.99.4.090321-0106r3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3368/le.99.4.090321-0106r3","url":null,"abstract":"A firm’s environmental performance and productivity result from decisions regarding input use and technological and management abatement strategy. Using a sample of chemical using/manufacturing/emitting facilities, this article examines how these choices are made and their effects on output and abatement. Not only are technological and management strategy adoption driven by different motives, adopting a management system discourages technological strategy adoption in the succeeding period. Further, dirty input use falls with technological strategy adoption but increases with management strategy adoption. These relationships require a more judicious approach to balancing the promotion of technological and management strategies vis-à-vis dirty input choices.","PeriodicalId":51378,"journal":{"name":"Land Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44867998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Land EconomicsPub Date : 2023-02-23DOI: 10.3368/le.99.4.120621-0144r1
Carson J. Reeling, D. Erickson, Yusun Kim, John G. Lee, N. Widmar
{"title":"Combining Aggregate Demand and Discrete Choice Data with Application to Deer License Demand in Indiana","authors":"Carson J. Reeling, D. Erickson, Yusun Kim, John G. Lee, N. Widmar","doi":"10.3368/le.99.4.120621-0144r1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3368/le.99.4.120621-0144r1","url":null,"abstract":"Estimating demand for licenses for recreational activities is complicated because of a lack of meaningful variation across time, space, buyer types, and license attributes, including price. Prior work uses discrete choice experiments (DCEs) to overcome this challenge, but the resulting demand models are unlikely to replicate observed demands in the absence of ad hoc calibration procedures. We use a generalized method of moments–based approach that combines DCE data with observed market share data to estimate a choice model that yields demand functions that much more closely replicate observed data.","PeriodicalId":51378,"journal":{"name":"Land Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44971969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Land EconomicsPub Date : 2023-02-23DOI: 10.3368/le.99.4.062321-0072r1
Julia Bronnmann, Veronika Liebelt, Fabian Marder, Jasper Meya, Martin Quaas
{"title":"The Value of Naturalness of Urban Green Spaces: Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment","authors":"Julia Bronnmann, Veronika Liebelt, Fabian Marder, Jasper Meya, Martin Quaas","doi":"10.3368/le.99.4.062321-0072r1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3368/le.99.4.062321-0072r1","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>ABSTRACT</h3> The range of benefits for humans and biodiversity conservation provided by urban green spaces (UGS) receives substantial attention in relation to urban planning and management. However, little is known about the value of nature in UGS. We developed a graphical measurement scale for the naturalness of UGS, with 5 steps between largely sealed and largely wilderness, which was embedded in an online survey and a discrete choice experiment. Using mixed logit models, we find that German citizens have a mean willingness to pay of €20.25 per month for an increase in the naturalness of the closest UGS by one step.","PeriodicalId":51378,"journal":{"name":"Land Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136174613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Land EconomicsPub Date : 2023-01-23DOI: 10.3368/le.99.3.021122-0011r
M. Aanesen, C. Armstrong, T. Borch, R. Fieler, V. Hausner, Gorm Kipperberg, Henrik Lindhjem, S. Navrud
{"title":"To Tell or Not to Tell: Preference Elicitation with and without Emphasis on Scientific Uncertainty","authors":"M. Aanesen, C. Armstrong, T. Borch, R. Fieler, V. Hausner, Gorm Kipperberg, Henrik Lindhjem, S. Navrud","doi":"10.3368/le.99.3.021122-0011r","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3368/le.99.3.021122-0011r","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:Decisions about the optimal use of coastal and marine resources must be made with high uncertainty about environmental impacts and may conflict with public perception of the risk associated with current blue growth initiatives. In a discrete choice experiment conducted in valuation workshops in five communities in Arctic Norway, we examine public preferences for various aquaculture expansion paths. Respondents prefer a smaller expansion in terms of the number of aquaculture sites compared with the planned expansion. Emphasizing scientific uncertainty regarding the negative environmental impacts of aquaculture leads to lower resistance against the planned expansion.","PeriodicalId":51378,"journal":{"name":"Land Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46859675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Land EconomicsPub Date : 2022-12-29DOI: 10.3368/le.99.3.051922-0037r
A. Dugstad, S. Navrud
{"title":"The Reliability of Delphi Surveys and Benefit Transfer to Predict Outcomes of Contingent Valuation Surveys","authors":"A. Dugstad, S. Navrud","doi":"10.3368/le.99.3.051922-0037r","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3368/le.99.3.051922-0037r","url":null,"abstract":"Benefit transfer (BT) and valuation experts’ assessments in Delphi contingent valuation (CV) surveys have been used as an alternative to prohibitively expensive worldwide CV surveys to obtain estimates of total nonuse values of global public goods. We test the reliability of international BT and Delphi CV estimates by comparing them to a population CV survey of Norwegian households’ willingness to pay (WTP) for Amazon rainforest preservation plans. The Delphi CV method predicts WTP and scope effects in line with conventional BT, motivating further testing of the Delphi CV method as a time- and cost-saving way of valuing global public goods.","PeriodicalId":51378,"journal":{"name":"Land Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47494022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Land EconomicsPub Date : 2022-12-29DOI: 10.3368/le.99.3.053022-0042r
B. Deaton, B. Lipka
{"title":"Cooperation between First Nations and Municipalities: Do Water-Sharing Arrangements Improve Drinking Water Quality?","authors":"B. Deaton, B. Lipka","doi":"10.3368/le.99.3.053022-0042r","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3368/le.99.3.053022-0042r","url":null,"abstract":"Many communities engage in water-sharing arrangements (WSAs) with nearby communities. Using data characterizing drinking water systems in the Canadian province of Ontario, we assess the following question: Do WSAs influence drinking water quality outcomes for recipient water systems? We find that WSAs are associated with improved drinking water quality outcomes for First Nations recipient systems. We do not associate WSAs with improved outcomes for municipal recipient systems. These differing effects may be due to provincial state capacity, which is available to all municipalities, irrespective of WSA status, and the subset of First Nations systems in a WSA.","PeriodicalId":51378,"journal":{"name":"Land Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42392011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Land EconomicsPub Date : 2022-12-29DOI: 10.3368/le.99.3.102920-0165r
N. Abashidze, Laura O. Taylor
{"title":"Utility-Scale Solar Farms and Agricultural Land Values","authors":"N. Abashidze, Laura O. Taylor","doi":"10.3368/le.99.3.102920-0165r","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3368/le.99.3.102920-0165r","url":null,"abstract":"Property value models are used to examine how utility-scale, ground-mount solar farms affect nearby agricultural land values. Results indicate that solar farms do not have direct positive or negative spillover effects on nearby agricultural land values. However, results also suggest that solar farm construction may indirectly affect agricultural land values by signaling the land’s suitability for future solar development. Specifically, results indicate that proximity of agricultural land to electric transmission lines may be positively valued after a solar farm is constructed nearby.","PeriodicalId":51378,"journal":{"name":"Land Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48991637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Land EconomicsPub Date : 2022-12-29DOI: 10.3368/le.99.3.022422-0017r
Daniel Osberghaus, Martin Achtnicht, N.D. Alimov
{"title":"The Demand for Public Flood Protection under a Compulsory Private Flood Insurance Scheme","authors":"Daniel Osberghaus, Martin Achtnicht, N.D. Alimov","doi":"10.3368/le.99.3.022422-0017r","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3368/le.99.3.022422-0017r","url":null,"abstract":"After the 2021 flood events in Germany, the introduction of compulsory flood insurance was debated. However, insurance coverage for private buildings and belongings may undermine the willingness to pay for municipal flood protection. We use a discrete choice experiment (N = 5,940 participants) to analyze the effects of compulsory insurance on the preferences for public flood protection. The demand for municipal flood protection is associated with its effectiveness and cost and varies plausibly with numerous covariates but is unaffected by compulsory insurance. Hence, there is no empirical indication that compulsory flood insurance would undermine citizens’ support for public flood-risk reduction.","PeriodicalId":51378,"journal":{"name":"Land Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48885313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Land EconomicsPub Date : 2022-11-23DOI: 10.3368/le.99.3.123121-0152r
F. Song, L. Hou, Fang Xia
{"title":"Evaluating the External Effect of Wind Power Development on Grassland Quality","authors":"F. Song, L. Hou, Fang Xia","doi":"10.3368/le.99.3.123121-0152r","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3368/le.99.3.123121-0152r","url":null,"abstract":"This study uses a difference-in-differences approach to investigate the effect of county wind power development on grassland quality in China. We find robust evidence that increasing wind power capacity density by 0.02 megawatt/km2 leads to a 0.5% reduction in the normalized difference vegetation index from its mean value. Excluding economic activities as a transmission channel, heterogeneous effects suggest that higher latitude areas with shorter night hours in the growing season are less affected by the negative externality, supporting microclimate effects as the main mechanism. In addition, scarce wind resources and abundant precipitation may weaken the negative effect.","PeriodicalId":51378,"journal":{"name":"Land Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49141118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Land EconomicsPub Date : 2022-11-23DOI: 10.3368/le.99.3.112321-0139r
Neel Ocean, P. Howley
{"title":"Which Benefits Would Make Farmers Happier, and Which Would They Choose?","authors":"Neel Ocean, P. Howley","doi":"10.3368/le.99.3.112321-0139r","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3368/le.99.3.112321-0139r","url":null,"abstract":"We presented six novel farming vignettes to U.K. farmers that describe trade-offs between pecuniary and nonpecuniary benefits. What farmers would choose corresponds with what they think would make them happier, which supports the use of subjective well-being as a proxy for decision utility in agricultural research. Where a disparity between choice and well-being exists, farmers seem willing to trade happiness for pecuniary benefits. Our results also suggest that farmers often trade pecuniary gains for nonpecuniary benefits. The utility derived from nonpecuniary benefits may help explain farmer behaviors, such as unsubsidized environmental improvements and reluctance to adopt efficiency-enhancing technologies.","PeriodicalId":51378,"journal":{"name":"Land Economics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49608401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}