Regulatory biodiversity trading (or biodiversity “offsets”) is increasingly promoted as a way to
enable both conservation and development while achieving “no net loss” or even “net gain” …

Is there a way to understand why some global environmental externalities are addressed
effectively, whereas others are not? The transaction costs of defining the property rights to …

Many people see free markets and the environment as incompatible; for them, the very
notion of free market environmentalism is an oxymoron. Even many" free marketeers" find …

This book is organized around a presentation of historical and classic core models that
every serious student or researcher of forest economics must know. These models, along …

This paper argues that an increased application of quasi-experimental and experimental
techniques will improve understanding about core environmental economics questions. This …

Abstract Background. In March 2002, a patient in Tel Aviv, Israel, died of endocarditis
caused by Phialemonium curvatum. As part of his therapy for erectile dysfunction, the patient …

Offsetting is emerging as an important but controversial approach for managing environment–
development conflicts. Biodiversity offsets are designed to compensate for damage to …

When we bite into a juicy apple we may think of soil and water, but not of the natural
pollinators that fertilize the apple blossom so the fruit can set. When we drink a cool glass of …

While conducting empirical work, researchers sometimes observe changes in outcomes
before adoption of a new policy. The conventional diagnosis is that treatment is …

Although developing countries have established scores of new protected areas over the
past three decades, they often amount to little more than “paper parks” that are chronically …