economy

Paul Anand compares use of willingness to pay values with multi-attribute utility as ways of modelling social choice problems in the environment.

Richard Cookson examines Sagoff’s criticisms of “Four Dogmas of Environmental Economics” (Environmental Values, Winter 1994) and argues that none of them are fatal.

Brent K. Marshall discusses globalization, environmental degradation, and Ulrich Beck’s “Risk Society.”

This paper addresses problems related to transferring market concepts to non-market domains.

Clive L. Spash traces the thinking of a sub-group of established economists trying to convey an environmental critique of the mainstream into the late 20th century, via the development of associations and journals in the USA and Europe.

Roy Brouwer, Neil Powe, R. Kerry Turner, Ian J. Bateman, and Ian H. Langford outline support for both the individual WTP based approach and a participatory social deliberation approach to inform environmental decision-making processes.

Reply to article “Political Perception and Ensemble of Macro Objectives and Measures: The Paradox of the Index for Sustainable Economic Welfare” by Rafael Ziegler in Environmental Values 16, no.1, 43–60.

In his article, Edmundo Claro argues that in-kind compensation is more acceptable than monetary payments or no compensation because people tend to understand siting conflicts more as matters of justice rather than as matters of freedom or care.

Frank G. Mueller attempts to assess and evaluate some of the economic implications of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Michael Lockwood synthesizes insights from philosophy, psychology, and economics towards an understanding of how humans value nature.