Risk and Uncertainty in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Year: 2004
Type: book
Abstract: Introduction - approaches to risk and uncertainty in environmental and resource economics, Justus Wesseler et al. Part 1 Importance of environmental risk and uncertainty: irreversibilities and catastrophic risks in climate change, Anthony C. Fisher on the quasi-option value of biodoversity and conservation, Hans-Peter Weikard optimal environmental development under differing stochastic regimes, Shirra Freeman and Naomi Zeitouni. Part 2 Implications for economic development and environmental policies: public-private environmental conflicts, Sung Hoon Park and Jason F. Shogren fish-wars revisited - a stochastic incomplete-information harvesting game, Robert C. Kelvey et al climate change scenarios and the precautionary principle, Rossella Bargiacchi risk, pollution abatement and endogenous growth - the impact of perception, Susanne Soretz securitizing the environment - a property rights approach to managing climate change, Stephen C. Peck and Thomas J. Teisberg risk aversion in economic decision making - pragmatic guides for consistent choice by natural resources managers, Jock R. Anderson and J. Brian Hardaker uncertainty analysis in integrated assessment models for acidification, Silke Gabbert and Caroline Kroeze. Part 3 Impact on private sector response: stochastic dominance portfolio analysis of forestry assets, Veli-Pekka Heikkinen and Timo Kuosmanen weather-based index insurance to hedge temperature exposure of greenhouse horticultural firms, Marcel A.P.M. van Asseldonk and Alfons G.J.M. Oude Lansink parents' valuation of latent health risks to their children, Mark Dickie and Shelby Gerking the effect of heavy metal content on food pricing behaviour - experimental assessment, Anne Rozan et al.
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1605958200