Targeting tools for the purchase of environmental amenities.
A study was conducted to analyze how the joint spatial distribution of costs and environmental benefits affect efficiency losses from following targeting rules based on cost or benefits, rather than based on the benefit to cost ratio. It is demonstrated that the magnitude of the losses from targeti...
| Publicado en: | Land Economics Vol. 73; pp. 325 - 340 |
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University of Wisconsin Press
August 1997
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| Sumario: | A study was conducted to analyze how the joint spatial distribution of costs and environmental benefits affect efficiency losses from following targeting rules based on cost or benefits, rather than based on the benefit to cost ratio. It is demonstrated that the magnitude of the losses from targeting least cost land and environmentally sensitive land instead of land that offers the highest ratio of benefits to cost depends upon the joint distribution of costs and benefits. In addition, findings indicate that the amount of spatial variability in costs relative to benefits and how benefits and costs are correlated are the most important factors influencing the magnitude of efficiency losses. |
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