Though the basic purpose of MPAs is marine ecosystem conservation, the question of their influence on the local economy is often critical since it governs their social acceptability. This paper addresses the
problem of measuring the local economic impact of MPAs, on the basis of a comparative analysis of socio-economic...
Though the basic purpose of MPAs is marine ecosystem conservation, the
question of their influence on the local economy is often critical since it
governs their social acceptability. This paper addresses the problem of
measuring the consequences of creating a marine protected area (MPA) on
recreational extractive and non-extractive uses...
Using summertime housing transactions data of 3,309 parcels from multiple years in Eugene-Springfield, OR, we present a hedonic price model to estimate the influence of the urban heat island (UHI) effect on housing prices in this metropolitan area. By taking advantage of the inherent random nature of summertime weather observations,...