Spatial economic aspects of the environment and environmental policy: New directions for research

This paper outlines major new research directions for research on spatial or interregional effects of the environment and envrionmental policy. It attempts to define and characterize key research questions that lie at the intersection of environmental and resource economics and regional and urban economics. This intersection is of considerable importance because at least some factors of production are mobile, both domestically and worldwide. In consequence, information concerning the value of environmental attributes is revealed when people and firms relocate. Additionally, environmental policy changes can alter the interregional or international distributions of factor incomes, population, and production of goods and services.

The Economic Evaluation of Job Safety. A Methodological Survey and some Estimates for Austria

Series: IIR-Discussion Paper

The Effect of Varying the Causes of Environmental Problems on Stated WTP Values: Evidence from a Field Study

Standard applications of utility theory assume that utility depends solely on outcomes and not on causes. This study uses a field experiment conducted in the Netherlands to determine if alternative causes of an environmental problem affect willingness to pay to ameliorate it. We find evidence supporting the hypothesis that people are willing to pay significantly more to correct problems caused by humans than by nature (the ""outrage effect""), but find no support for the hypothesis that ""moral responsibility"" matters. We also find support for the hypothesis that stated willingness to pay values obtained via ""cheap talk"" and ""consequential"" treatments are lower than without inclusion of these protocols.Field experiment, endangered species, non-market valuation

Visual motion with pink noise induces predation behaviour

Visual motion cues are one of the most important factors for eliciting animal behaviour, including predator-prey interactions in aquatic environments. To understand the elements of motion that cause such selective predation behaviour, we used a virtual plankton system where the predation behaviour in response to computer-generated prey was analysed. First, we performed motion analysis of zooplankton (Daphnia magna) to extract mathematical functions for biologically relevant motions of prey. Next, virtual prey models were programmed on a computer and presented to medaka (Oryzias latipes), which served as predatory fish. Medaka exhibited predation behaviour against several characteristic virtual plankton movements, particularly against a swimming pattern that could be characterised as pink noise motion. Analysing prey-predator interactions via pink noise motion will be an interesting research field in the future

Andy Isserman And The Early Years Of The International Regional Science Review

This paper chronicles Andy Isserman\u27s editorship of the International Regional Science Review during the period in which the first ten volumes were published (1975-86). The article first provides an overview of the articles that were published during that time, summarizes evidence of later citations to these papers, and presents some observations on Andy\u27s editorial style. The article concludes with a few thoughts on how my experiences as Andy\u27s coeditor of the Review during a portion of this period continue to influence my own work to the present day. © 2013 SAGE Publications