The economics of wildfire in the United States

J Bayham, JK Yoder, PA Champ… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Wildfire is a natural phenomenon with substantial economic consequences, and its
management is complex, dynamic, and rife with incentive problems. This article reviews the …

The worldwide “wildfire” problem

AM Gill, SL Stephens, GJ Cary - Ecological applications, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The worldwide “wildfire” problem is headlined by the loss of human lives and homes, but it
applies generally to any adverse effects of unplanned fires, as events or regimes, on a wide …

Risk preferences, risk perceptions, and flood insurance

DR Petrolia, CE Landry, KH Coble - Land Economics, 2013 - le.uwpress.org
We combine household-level data on the choice to purchase flood insurance with
experiment-based risk preference data and subjective risk perception data. The sample …

The effect of disaster insurance on community resilience: a research agenda for local policy

K French, C Kousky - Climate Policy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The risk of climate disasters has spurred increased interest in public policies that help
expand the number of households with disaster insurance, particularly for financially …

The effects of wildfire and environmental amenities on property values in northwest Montana, USA

KM Stetler, TJ Venn, DE Calkin - Ecological Economics, 2010 - Elsevier
This study employed the hedonic price framework to examine the effects of 256 wildfires and
environmental amenities on home values in northwest Montana between June 1996 and …

Virtual experiments and environmental policy

SM Fiore, GW Harrison, CE Hughes… - Journal of Environmental …, 2009 - Elsevier
We develop the concept of virtual experiments and consider their application to
environmental policy. A virtual experiment combines insights from virtual reality in computer …

[HTML][HTML] Social desirability bias in the environmental economic valuation: An inferred valuation approach

EI Lopez-Becerra, F Alcon - Ecological Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
Environmental economic valuation allows to derive values from individuals' behaviour in
hypothetical markets, but it is not exempt from certain biases. This work aims to evidence the …

Reframing responsibility-sharing for bushfire risk management in Australia after Black Saturday

BJ McLennan, J Handmer - Environmental Hazards, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
In the context of risk, the concept of responsibility incorporates the notion that certain parties
have a prospective obligation to undertake actions to manage risk. However, differences in …

Investigating intended evacuation from wildfires in the wildland–urban interface: application of a bivariate probit model

P Mozumder, N Raheem, J Talberth… - Forest Policy and …, 2008 - Elsevier
With evidence of increasing wildfire risks in wildland–urban interface zones in the US West
and elsewhere, understanding intended evacuation behavior is a growing issue for …

Behavioral motivations for self-insurance under different disaster risk insurance schemes

JM Mol, WJW Botzen, JE Blasch - Journal of Economic Behavior & …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents a lab-in-the-field experiment with 2111 Dutch homeowners in floodplain
areas to examine the impacts of financial incentives and behavioral motivations for self …