Browsing Economics by Author "Howley, Peter"
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A choice experiment versus a contingent valuation approach to agri-environmental policy valuation
Hynes, Stephen; Campbell, Danny; Howley, Peter (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2011-07)The non-market value accruing from an agri-environmental scheme can be examined by assessing the public's willingness to pay for the policy outputs as a whole or by modelling the preferences of society for the component ... -
Measuring public preferences for the conservation of the traditional farm landscape
Howley, Peter; Hynes, Stephen; O'Donoghue, Cathal (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2011-07)This paper explores individuals' attitudes towards the traditional farm landscape. Results from a Generalised Tobit Interval model of willingness to pay for traditional farm landscape protection suggest that individuals ... -
Personal versus societal preferences in contingent valuation assessments
Howley, Peter; Hynes, Stephen; O'Donoghue, Cathal (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2010-12)Contingent valuation has been used extensively in estimating the value of environmental goods. One criticism of this approach, however, is that respondents in referendum-style contingent valuation surveys may express ... -
The spatial relationship between economic activity and river water quality
O'Donoghue, Cathal; Howley, Peter; Hynes, Stephen; Fealy, Réamonn; Chyzheuskaya, Aksana; Green, Stuart; Meredith, David; Morrissey, Karyn (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2010-12)This paper, using Ireland as a case study, examines the relationship between economic activities and river water quality. The stipulation from the EU water framework directive (WFD) that all surface waters in the EU must ...