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Valuing river water quality in China
Brett Day,Susana Mourato +1 more
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The Economic Valuation of Environmental Amenities and Disamenities: Methods and Applications
TL;DR: A review of the major economic valuation techniques, as well as numerous applications of these valuation methods can be found in this paper, where the interface between economics and the natural and physical sciences must be strengthened.
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The Economics of Water Quality
TL;DR: In this paper, selected contributions of economics to the literature on water pollution and the regulation of water quality are surveyed, while not a comprehensive review, the article highlights the importance of economics in water pollution.
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Estimating the value of improved wastewater treatment: the case of River Ganga, India.
Ekin Birol,Sukanya Das +1 more
TL;DR: The results reveal that residents of this municipality are willing to pay significant amounts in terms of higher monthly municipality taxes to ensure the full capacity of the STP is used for primary treatment and the technology is upgraded to enable secondary treatment.
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Valuation of species and nature conservation in Asia and Oceania: a meta-analysis
Henrik Lindhjem,Tran Huu Tuan +1 more
TL;DR: This paper conducted a meta-analysis (MA) of around 100 studies valuing species and nature conservation in Asia and Oceania, using both revealed and stated preferences methods Dividing their dataset into two levels of heterogeneity in terms of good characteristics (species vs nature conservation more generally) and valuation methods, they show that the degree of regularity and conformity with theory and empirical expectations is higher for the more homogenous dataset of contingent valuation of species.
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Policy Instruments for Water Pollution Control in Developing Countries
Sheila M. Olmstead,Jiameng Zheng +1 more
TL;DR: This article surveys the economic theory behind regulatory and other solutions to the stark ambient water pollution problems that exist in many developing countries, and what is known from the empirical economics literature about the effectiveness of these solutions.