General equilibrium modelling of the direct and indirect economic impacts of water quality improvements in the Netherlands at national and river basin scale

Brouwer, Roy; Hofkes, M.W.; Linderhof, Vincent

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.11.015

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“…Recognition of the potential bias from ignoring multi-market interactions when valuing changes in environmental quality or ecosystem services has catalyzed recent applications of multi-market general equilibrium (GE) simulations of the kind we use in this paper (Brouwer et al 2008;Smith 2008, 2010;Delink et al 2011;McDermott et al 2013). The principal advantages of such approaches are their ability to: (1) consistently track changes in prices and demands across multiple interrelated markets, (2) summarize the macroeconomic effects of shocks by utilizing theoretically consistent measures of the change in aggregate economic welfare, and (3) test the consequences of different possibilities to substitute other inputs for ecosystem services.…”

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confidence: 99%

The macroeconomic cost of catastrophic pollinator declines

Bauer

Wing

2016

Ecological Economics

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The macroeconomic cost of catastrophic pollinator declines

Bauer

Wing

2016

Ecological Economics

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“…While most CGEM applications to water pricing focus on water as a factor of production, some models focus on polluted water discharges to determine the price that would induce a reduction of pollution discharges to desired levels. The results of those applications, either with a tax on the polluted water discharges or a market for water pollution permits, are much less optimistic than the studies reviewed here – in both cases there are decreasing marginal returns in terms of pollution reduction, since the less expensive solutions to abate pollution are implemented first, followed by more expensive solutions …”

Section: Economic Models To Support Decisions On Water Pricing Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrated economic models to support decisions on water pricing in biofuel production river basins: three case studies from Brazil

Moraes

Ribeiro

Watkins

et al. 2015

Biofuels Bioprod Bioref

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Energy securities, increases in fossil fuel prices, and concern about climate change have been major causes of increased bioenergy production. Because biomass production is rural‐based and generally labor‐intensive, bioenergy development happens mainly in less developed countries. Comprehensive analysis is needed to develop appropriate policies to ensure the sustainability of resource use while promoting economic development. Given this, public policies must promote more efficient inter‐ and intra‐sector water allocation schemes. Economic instruments, such as water pricing and water markets, can be used to avoid transferring negative environmental and economic impacts of meeting global renewable energy targets to production regions. In Brazil, water markets are not allowed, but the law has established raw water charges as a management instrument at the river basin level. However, the majority of bulk water charge systems have been defined exclusively for raising revenue. Integrated economic modeling can be a useful tool to support the design of effective economic instruments. This paper describes the main features of two economic modeling approaches that can support effective water pricing decisions. Three case studies illustrate sugarcane ethanol production river basins in Brazil where water prices have already been established but fail to reflect the real scarcity value of water in the region. In addition, preliminary results of a national‐level economic model being built for Brazil show that increasing water charges for the agricultural sector can have significant effects on water demand and agriculture production. The potential benefits of water pricing policy decisions based on economic modeling results are assessed. © 2015 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

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“…In Gómez et al (2004) we can find a nice summary of the use of several AGE models to study water issues. The journal Ecological Economics recently devoted an entire issue to integrated hydro-economic modeling emphasizing the role of AGE models (see in particular van Heerden et al (2008); Strzepek et al (2008);Brouwer et al (2008)). The journal Ecological Economics recently devoted an entire issue to integrated hydro-economic modeling emphasizing the role of AGE models (see in particular van Heerden et al (2008); Strzepek et al (2008);Brouwer et al (2008)).…”

Section: Environmental Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%