TY - JOUR TI - Transboundary Water Resource Management and Conflict Resolution: A Coasian Strategic Negotiations Approach AU - Baker, J.S. AU - Willis, D.B. T2 - Western Economics Forum DA - 2006/// PY - 2006/// VL - 5 IS - 2 UR - http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/92875/files/0502005.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - The Greening of Accounting AU - von Haefen, Roger H. T2 - BioScience DA - 2006/3// PY - 2006/3// DO - 10.1641/0006-3568(2006)056[0270:tgoa]2.0.co;2 VL - 56 IS - 3 SP - 270-271 RI - National Environmental Accounting: Bridging the Gap between Ecology and Economy UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2006)056[0270:tgoa]2.0.co;2 ER - TY - CHAP TI - Tropical Trade-offs: An Economic Perspective on Tropical Forests AU - Sills, Erin AU - Pattanayak, S. T2 - Tropical Deforestation A2 - Spray, S. A2 - Moran, Matt PY - 2006/// SP - 103-127 PB - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc ER - TY - JOUR TI - Forest livelihoods and iron ore mines in Orissa, India AU - Sills, E. AU - Miller, J. AU - Saha, S. AU - Pattanayak, S. T2 - Sylvanet DA - 2006/// PY - 2006/// VL - 19 IS - 1 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Deforestation, malaria and poverty: a call for transdisciplinary research to support the design of cross-sectoral policies AU - Pattanayak, S. AU - Dickinson, K. AU - Corey, C. AU - Murray, B. AU - Sills, Erin AU - Kramer, R. T2 - Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy AB - Many of the world’s poorest people live in areas with high malaria rates and suffer the associated physical, economic, and social hardships. These same areas are often undergoing extensive forest conversion and degradation. While causality has generally not been established, the scientific literature makes it abundantly clear that the juxtaposition of deprivation, deforestation, and disease is not pure coincidence. We chart a course for using transdisciplinary research to develop more effective policies to control malaria, protect forests, and alleviate poverty. First describing the malaria problem, including its etiologic roots and its social toll, the paper then examines some shortcomings of contemporary societal responses. We discuss why understanding the role of deforestation in linking malaria to poverty is important and present the mixed empirical evidence on the malaria-deforestation-poverty link from macro- and microeconomic studies. The paper concludes with a proposal for strategically linking research and policy at the malariadeforestation- poverty nexus in a comprehensive decision-analysis framework that channels research to the most pressing policy needs, informs policy with the most conclusive research, and ensures stakeholders are effectively informed about their options. DA - 2006/// PY - 2006/// DO - 10.1080/15487733.2006.11907984 VL - 2 IS - 2 SP - 45–56 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Characterizing environmental impact statements for road projects in North Carolina AU - Carrasco, L. AU - Blank, G. AU - Sills, Erin T2 - Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal AB - We evaluate consistency and patterns among a 20-year sample of EISs for road projects in North Carolina, USA. Applying multivariate statistical methods, we find substantial variation in reporting of project and site characteristics, the EIS process itself, and types and definitions of impacts. We find a relationship between environmental impacts and bio-physical or geographic factors. The relationship between predicted environmental impacts and economic factors suggests more environmental impacts occur, or are identified, in high-income counties. Variables describing public involvement and completeness are associated mainly with the number of residential relocations required. Farmlands potentially impacted are reported inconsistently and are not reliable for comparison, so rural environmental impacts may be seriously underestimated. DA - 2006/// PY - 2006/// DO - 10.3152/147154606781765318 VL - 24 IS - 1 SP - 65–79 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Abordagens analaticas na avaliacao de impactos reais de programas de conservacao AU - Sills, E. AU - Pattanayak, S. AU - Ferraro, P. AU - Alger, K. T2 - Megadiversidade DA - 2006/// PY - 2006/// VL - 2 IS - 1-2 SP - 39-49 ER - TY - JOUR TI - What are the best loblolly pine genotypes worth to landowners? AU - McKeand, S. E. AU - Abt, R. C. AU - Allen, H. L. AU - Li, B. L. AU - Catts, G. P. T2 - Journal of Forestry DA - 2006/// PY - 2006/// VL - 104 IS - 7 SP - 352-358 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Can natural experiments measure behavioral responses to environmental risks? AU - Carbone, JC AU - Hallstrom, DG AU - Smith, VK T2 - ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS DA - 2006/3// PY - 2006/3// DO - 10.1007/s10640-005-3610-4 VL - 33 IS - 3 SP - 273-297 SN - 1573-1502 KW - hurricane risk KW - repeat sales KW - hedonic models ER - TY - JOUR TI - Productivity measurement with improved index numbers: Application to the sawmills and planing mills industry of the US: 1947-2000 AU - Ahn, S AU - Abt, RC T2 - FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS AB - The objective of this study is an empirical application of improved index numbers to the computation of total factor productivity growth (TFPG). We calculate our price, quantity, and TFPG index numbers employing chain-type Fisher index formula. Fisher index is consistent with a flexible aggregator function and has the property of self-duality. Self-duality warrants that direct Fisher quantity index which is based on actual observed quantity is the same as the indirect quantity index derived by deflating the values with Fisher price index. In practice, the self-duality is particularly desirable since the available forms of data are most likely values not actual quantity levels. Our application is to the sawmills and planing mills industry of the U.S. (1987 Standard Industry Classification 242) using national annual time series data covering periods of 1947–2000. The results show that TFPG has increased from 1.00 in 1948 to 1.43 in 2000, indicating a 43% increase of productivity growth in the industry during the past 50 years. DA - 2006/4// PY - 2006/4// DO - 10.1016/j.forpol.2005.02.006 VL - 8 IS - 3 SP - 323-335 SN - 1389-9341 KW - total factor productivity (TFP) KW - productivity growth KW - index numbers KW - sawmills and planing mills industry ER -