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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"net social benefits"”.
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Economic incentives for institutional change: the case of the Virginia Wetlands Act
… More specifically, it is hypothesized that net social benefits from preservation of wetlands have been increasing more rapidly than net social benefits from development uses of wetlands which destroy marsh vegetation. This research used a case study approach to examine the influence on …
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Agricultural research in Senegal: Economic surplus evaluation of the adoption of variety La Fleur 11 by peanut farmers
… economy through an ex-ante evaluation of the net social benefits from the adoption of this new variety. In order to fulfill this objective, an economic surplus analysis is conducted within the framework of a partial equilibrium model. Results indicate that the net social benefits from the …
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The economic effects of surface transport deregulation
… In general, economic regulation has led to net social benefits. This thesis will discuss the origin of transportation regulation and the forces for regulatory reform. The effects of the removal of economic control are assessed. It also examines the issues emerging after the deregulation and …
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Management of common property resources : intertemporal exploitation of village dams in Sri Lanka
… inefficiency has been shown by comparing the net social benefits under the commonality allocation and that under the efficient allocation. The analysis incorporates explicitly the substitution possibilities between land and water so that the optimal land area is chosen for each level of …
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Management of common property resources : intertemporal exploitation of village dams in Sri Lanka
… inefficiency has been shown by comparing the net social benefits under the commonality allocation and that under the efficient allocation. The analysis incorporates explicitly the substitution possibilities between land and water so that the optimal land area is chosen for each level of …
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Torrefied wood pellets as an alternative fuel to coal : climate benefits and social desirability of production and use
… thesis is to study the climate impacts and the social returns and social desirability of torrefied wood pellet production and use as an alternative fuel to coal. The raw material of torrefied pellets is forest chips and production and use are assumed to take place in Finland. Climate impacts are …
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Toward an economics of prisons
… a model of how the Bureau generates costs and benefits for society, and the model is then run to maximize the net social benefits available from the resources devoted to the federal prison system. More specifically, we define thirty six inmate types, six major types of prisons, and allow …