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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
We develop the concept of virtual experiments and consider their application to environmental policy. A virtual experiment combines insights from virtual reality in computer …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …