"Consumer Benefit From Air Quality Improvements"

This paper applies a simultaneous equations estimation technique to estimate a hedonic equilibrium model. The estimation results are used to compute consumer benefit from air quality improvements.

"A Structural Approach to Hedonic Equilibrium Models"

This paper presents a quality theory for differentiated products. Analytical solutions for the equilibrium demand for quality and the equilibrium price equation are computed. The model is estimated and the willingness to pay for improvements in the air quality of Houston is computed. The empirical results show that the standard n on-structural approach would seriously underestimate benefits for non-marginal and small changes in air quality.

"Ranking Urban Areas: A Hedonic Equilibrium Approach To Quality of Life"

Rankings of urban areas provide useful information to planning recreational or tourism activities, making housing-locational decisions, and designing policies to attract industries. This paper illustrates how the structural approach to hedonic equilibrium models can be used to derive a quality of life based ranking of urban areas.

Multicriteria analysis-based total university evaluation: the case of the Greek departments of economics

Different methodologies for the assessment of universities have been developed over the years using criteria such as research, teaching and social input, which have been an issue of controversy. University rankings have received a lot of criticism but are still very popular for a number of parties such as academics, students, parents, funders, employers and society. Greek universities have not been ranked, up to date. The present paper presents a methodology for ranking universities based on research and education and uses the Greek departments of economics as a case study. The results allow the interested party to judge the overall performance (research and education) of the department or the research/education performance accordingly depending on the party's needs.university evaluation; university rankings; economics departments; Greece; university assessment; Greek universities; research assessment; educational assessment; research performance; education performance.