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Ecosystem services and the potential role for markets

Creator:: Jaeger, William K. (William Kenneth) and Oregon State University. Extension Service
Abstract:: Encouraged by successes such as pollution trading and fishery catch-shares, “markets for ecosystem services” (MES) are being promoted to foster conservation. In many cases, however, conditions do not exist for successful use of MES, and costly taxpayer-funded payment schemes could deplete fiscal resources and compete with schools and public safety.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: , where demand would come from ecosystem service users. This is the orientation assumed to underlie many

Investing upstream : a social-ecological systems perspective on water utility investments in ecosystem services

Creator:: Bennett, Drew E.
Abstract:: The concept of ecosystem services broadens perspectives on nature to include not only intrinsic value but also the utilitarian value it provides to society. Viewing nature through this lens informs our understanding of how particular ecological processes benefit different actors. In this research, I examine how water utilities in the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: potential and limitations of PES as a policy mechanism for addressing complex ecosystem service management

Applying economic benefit transfer to improve the transfer of ecological estimates in ecosystem services research & policy

Creator:: Errend, Melissa N.
Abstract:: The goal of this thesis is to advance the methodology and thought regarding the transferability of ecological estimates of ecosystem services. Conceptually and in practice, ecological estimate transfer parallels economic benefit transfer in ecosystem services research and policy, yet the literature for benefit transfer predates ecological estimate transfer by several...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: to analyze the transfer of economic ecosystem service values (e.g., benefit transfer), there is no

Three essays on private landowners' response to incentives for carbon sequestration through forest management and afforestation

Creator:: Kim, Taeyoung
Abstract:: This dissertation consists of three essays on private landowners' response to incentives for carbon sequestration in forests. The first essay examines private landowner response to incentives for carbon sequestration through various combinations of intermediate management practices. The second essay focuses on agricultural landowners' willingness to participate in an incentive program...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Taeyoung Kim A DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State University in

Spatial heterogeneity, meta-analysis and spatial dependence : three essays on environmental valuation and spatial land management decisions

Creator:: Bu, Meidan
Abstract:: This dissertation consists of three essays that collectively address the importance of accounting for spatial heterogeneity and spatial dependence of environmental assets and natural resources in policy making. The first essay examines the value of different wetland ecosystem services using an expanded meta-dataset of valuation studies in North America. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ............................................................................. 15 2.2.3 Economic valuation methods for estimating wetland ecosystem benefits ....... 18 2.3

Contemporary student veterans : transitional experiences from military life to college life

Creator:: Normandin, Kathleen
Abstract:: The contemporary student veteran population is growing rapidly as service members who served in the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts take advantage of the Post 9/11 Veteran Educational Assistance Act of 2008 to receive educational benefits to attend college (Cook & Kim, 2009). However, student veterans entering college today have a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: student veteran population is growing rapidly as service members who served in the Afghanistan and Iraq

Changing patterns in the production and consumption of residual fuel oil in the United States, 1940-1972

Creator:: Ottum, Margaret G.
Abstract:: This study examined one refinery product, residual fuel oil, and analyzed changes that have occurred in its production and consumption in the United States through time, with the objective of explaining why the quantities and qualities of residual fuel produced, imported, and used in different times and places have varied....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The relationship between vehicle miles traveled and economic activity

Creator:: Eckstein, Nathan
Abstract:: Vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the U.S. have exhibited an upward trend over time similar to that observed for GDP and personal income. While conventional wisdom suggests that economic growth leads to more driving and thus higher VMT, it is theoretically possible that the causation could also be the other...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Economic Activity by Nathan Eckstein A THESIS submitted to Oregon State

An exploration of water quality in the United States using an Environmental Kuznets Curve framework

Creator:: Latané, Annah M.
Abstract:: This study seeks to explore the determinants of the relationship of economic growth and water quality in the United States using an Environmental Kuznets Curve framework. Specifically this study seeks to determine whether there is evidence of improvement in water quality since passage of the 1972 amendments to the Clean...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . (1995) state that EKC conclusions do not imply that economic growth is sufficient to induce

Welfare Effects of the Federal Crop Insurance Program : The Sufficient Statistics Approach

Creator:: Yu, Jialing
Abstract:: The publicly subsidized Federal Crop Insurance Program has expanded rapidly in recent decades in the United States. With the reform in the 2014 Farm Bill, the Federal Crop Insurance Program has become the most important component of U.S. farm policies. The primary goal of the program is to provide risk...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: publicly subsidized Federal Crop Insurance Program has expanded rapidly in recent decades in the United

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Ecosystem services and the potential role for markets

Investing upstream : a social-ecological systems perspective on water utility investments in ecosystem services

Applying economic benefit transfer to improve the transfer of ecological estimates in ecosystem services research & policy

Three essays on private landowners' response to incentives for carbon sequestration through forest management and afforestation

Spatial heterogeneity, meta-analysis and spatial dependence : three essays on environmental valuation and spatial land management decisions

Contemporary student veterans : transitional experiences from military life to college life

Changing patterns in the production and consumption of residual fuel oil in the United States, 1940-1972

The relationship between vehicle miles traveled and economic activity

An exploration of water quality in the United States using an Environmental Kuznets Curve framework

Welfare Effects of the Federal Crop Insurance Program : The Sufficient Statistics Approach

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