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Stephen Farber
Researcher at University of Pittsburgh
Publications - 64
Citations - 15645
Stephen Farber is an academic researcher from University of Pittsburgh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ecosystem services & Valuation (finance). The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 49 publications receiving 13502 citations. Previous affiliations of Stephen Farber include Louisiana State University.
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Using natural coastal Wetlands systems for wastewater treatment: an economic benefit analysis
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report on estimates of cost savings from using coastal wetlands for substitute treatment in Louisiana, U.S.A. They found that the discounted cost savings ranged from $785 to $34 700 per acre of wetlands used for treatment.
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The value of coastal wetlands for protection of property against hurricane wind damage
TL;DR: In this article, a storm wind damage function for the Louisiana gulf coast, where inland distance of a location and wetlands traversed by a hurricane were among the independent was made of the increase in expected wind damage to property from the loss of intervening wetlands.
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The Value of Ecosystem Services from Giant Panda Reserves
Fuwen Wei,Robert Costanza,Qiang Dai,Natalie Stoeckl,Xiaodong Gu,Stephen Farber,Yonggang Nie,Ida Kubiszewski,Yibo Hu,Ronald R. Swaisgood,Xuyu Yang,Michael William Bruford,Youping Chen,Alexey Voinov,Dunwu Qi,Megan A. Owen,Li Yan,Daniel C. Kenny,Zejun Zhang,Rong Hou,Shiwei Jiang,Hongbo Liu,Xiangjiang Zhan,Li Zhang,Biao Yang,Lianjun Zhao,Xiaoguang Zheng,Wenliang Zhou,Yali Wen,Heran Gao,Wen Zhang +30 more
TL;DR: The value of ecosystem services of the panda and its reserves is estimated to be between US$2.6 and US$6.9 billion/year in 2010, potentially further motivating expansion of the reserves and other investments in natural capital in China.
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Valuing watershed quality improvements using conjoint analysis
Stephen Farber,Brian Griner +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the conjoint analysis was used in conjunction with a random utility model (RUM) to establish shadow valuations for various combinations of stream quality improvements in two streams.
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Using Conjoint Analysis To Value Ecosystem Change
Stephen Farber,Brian Griner +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the applicability of conjunctive analysis to environmental valuation is discussed, and an application of CJ to valuing a Pennsylvania watershed quality improvement is presented in the context of water quality improvement.