Clean water, ecological benefits, and benefits transfer: A work in progress at the U.S. EPA

Iovanna, Richard; Griffiths, Charles

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.06.012

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“…However, implementing such an independent primary research often requires a great deal of time and money to assess the expected benefits provided by environmental resources. In addition, despite the fact that the economic values estimated by the original research are generally favored, the use of primary research is in some cases precluded for benefit-cost analysis due to time, budget, or other restrictions [8,16].…”

Section: Benefit Transfer and Meta-regression Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some examples using benefit transfer for applied benefit-cost analysis include Bateman et al [23], Brisson and Pearce [24], Brouwer [25], Ruijrok [26], Smith et al [20], Griffiths and Wheeler [7], Iovanna and Griffiths [8], McComb et al [9], and Columbo and Hanley [6].…”

Section: Benefit Transfer and Meta-regression Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Water 2016, 8,492 3 of 17 the first four regulations apply to 521.9 km 2 that covers only 3.1% of Gangwon_do, the last covers 73.0% of it, which means 76.1% of Gangwon_do is regulated by several acts related to water management for DU and MU) maintained on water management associated with economic activities along the Han River in upstream areas. Especially, while MU and DU have gained many tangible and intangible benefits from the Han River, UU have lost their opportunities to achieve economic growth as well as to enjoy recreational activities in the Bukhan River and the Namhan River.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although a meta-regression analysis has been mainly used as a method for transferring the benefit from the existing sites (study site) to new sites (policy site), this method is also applicable to our study since the objective of our study is to present credible evidence all relevant stakeholders can agree with based on involving not only all previous studies independently conducted along the Han River Basin but also other similar studies related to water management in South Korea. The number of benefit transfer case studies using a meta-regression analysis has been conducted in other countries ( [6][7][8][9][10][11][12] among many others) but has not been used in South Korea. To the best of our knowledge, this study may be the first attempt to apply meta-analysis to strive for more efficient allocation of benefits when the economic problems associated with water resource use between stakeholders exist.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Benefit Transfer for Water Management along the Han River in South Korea Using Meta-Regression Analysis

Shin

Kim²,

Jeon³

et al. 2016

Water

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This study estimates the magnitude of economic benefits that are justified in transfer from downstream users to upstream users for the use of the Han River in South Korea in terms of foregone economic benefits by regulations. Based on the existing non-market valuation studies associated with water management issues in South Korea from 1997 to 2014, a meta-regression analysis was performed to provide alternatives for regional benefit sharing of water resource use. The benefits from the use of water resource along the Han River are estimated on average to be KRW 7,728 (US $7.7) per household per month. The total net benefits are estimated to be about KRW 449 billion (US $449 million) per year. Following the principle regarding equal distribution of benefits, the stakeholders who received more net benefits than others should return their extra net benefits to other stakeholders through a policy tool such as tradable development rights. The results of our study provide economic indicators useful for the establishment of common resource policy and to consider stakeholders' rights within the framework of regional benefits. This study also provides practical solutions that could be used as a valid policy instrument to mediate the conflicts and disputes associated with water resource use.

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Section: Benefit Transfer and Meta-regression Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Benefit Transfer and Meta-regression Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Benefit Transfer for Water Management along the Han River in South Korea Using Meta-Regression Analysis

Shin

Kim²,

Jeon³

et al. 2016

Water

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“…Solutions to environmental problems can be extremely costly in terms of infrastructure, monitoring, enforcement, and more. While costs are often relatively easy to measure, particularly if they involve installation and maintenance of technological solutions, benefits can be difficult to predict and measure, both from the biophysical side and in terms of economic values (Bruins et al 2017, Iovanna and Griffiths 2006, Kline et al 2013). …”

Section: Best Practices For Applied Economic Researchmentioning

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The Application and Usefulness of Economic Analyses for Water Quality Management in Coastal Areas

Jewhurst¹,

Mulvaney²,

Mazzotta³

2017

Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics

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Economic studies are increasingly sought as tools to contribute to water quality management in estuaries and coastal communities, yet little is known about how the results from existing studies have been received and utilized by the organizations who solicited them. We interviewed managers from eight organizations who solicited economic studies over the past 15 years to understand how useful the studies were to their organizations and what economic research would be most helpful for their management needs. In terms of utility for coastal managers, there are a number of limitations in the studies. These include lack of site-specific data, the high cost of thorough studies, the appropriate application of methods, and receiving highly technical information that can be difficult to translate to the appropriate stakeholder audiences. Despite these drawbacks, we found the managers to be extremely positive about the usefulness of the economic studies, but in need of more research and localized data. Managers who embark upon economic analyses should take care to engage trained economists who can identify and implement appropriate methodologies to answer management questions, and who can help managers to interpret and communicate the findings. The coastal managers also identified specific areas of research that are most salient for their programs. These range from broad applications of economic analysis as a communication tool, to specific applications such as costeffectiveness analyses of management actions. Overall, the interviews revealed great interest and utility in economic analyses, and also opportunities for conducting specific economic analyses to improve coastal decision making.

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Relative Versus Absolute Commodity Measurements in Benefit Transfer: Consequences for Validity and Reliability

Johnston¹,

Zawojska²

2020

American J Agri Economics

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Non‐market goods can be measured on cardinal or relative scales. Consider a marsh of 200 acres, of which 20 acres would be affected by a policy. The same affected area can be measured in cardinal terms (20 acres) or as a relative proportion (10% of the marsh). When relative units such as percentages are a scalar transformation of cardinal units, the units of measurement used for modeling are often inconsequential for single‐site econometric and welfare analysis. However, this seemingly inconsequential transformation can have significant implications for benefit transfer across sites—a simple observation that remains unacknowledged by the literature. This article provides a theoretical and empirical evaluation of variable measurement conventions within benefit transfer, deriving conditions under which different types of measurement scales are expected to enhance validity and reliability. Theoretical results are illustrated using an application of discrete choice experiments to coastal flood adaptation in two Connecticut (United States) communities. Empirical findings validate expectations from the theoretical model, suggesting that transfers over goods measured in relative units may often outperform transfers over goods measured in cardinal units. These findings imply that the outcome of benefit transfer convergent validity tests may hinge on whether goods are measured in cardinal or relative units.

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Clean water, ecological benefits, and benefits transfer: A work in progress at the U.S. EPA

Cited by 55 publications

References 8 publications

Benefit Transfer for Water Management along the Han River in South Korea Using Meta-Regression Analysis

Benefit Transfer for Water Management along the Han River in South Korea Using Meta-Regression Analysis

The Application and Usefulness of Economic Analyses for Water Quality Management in Coastal Areas

Relative Versus Absolute Commodity Measurements in Benefit Transfer: Consequences for Validity and Reliability

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