Rand Corp. / by Tom LaTourrette, James N. Dertouzos, Christina E. Steiner, Noreen Clancy http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR896/index.html In an effort to increase the availability and affordability of insurance for catastrophic events, the Catastrophe Obligation Guarantee Act was introduced in Congress in 2009. One of the arguments in support of this provision is that it lowers insurer costs, … Continue reading »
Posted on November 3, 2010 …
Measuring Nonuse Damages Using Contingent Valuation: An Experimental Evaluation of Accuracy (2nd edition)
RTI International / by William H. Desvousges, F. Reed Johnson, Richard W. Dunford, Kevin J. Boyle, Sarah P. Hudson, and K. Nicole Wilson http://www.rti.org/publications/abstract.cfm?pub=15303 [Website] This second edition of Measuring Nonuse Damages Using Conjoint Valuation is essentially a reprint of a 1992 monograph that has been in steady demand since its original appearance. The RTI … Continue reading »
2011 Fuel Economy Guide
US Dept of Energy and EPA http://www.fueleconomy.gov/ View the 2011 fuel economy leaders within each class and the lowest fuel economy models: http://www.epa.gov/fueleconomy/basicinformation.htm [Press release] The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) today released the 2011 Fuel Economy Guide, providing consumers with information about estimated mileage and fuel costs for … Continue reading »
Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Database
Center for Transit Oriented Development http://toddata.cnt.org/ Note: The following database is accessible for free but registration (very simple and fast) is required. From the Database Home Page: The National TOD Database is a project of the Center for Transit-Oriented Development. Intended as a tool for planners, developers, government officials, and academics, the Database provides economic … Continue reading »
The Economics of Population Policy for Carbon Emissions Reduction in Developing Countries
Center for Global Development Working Paper 229 / David Wheeler and Dan Hammer http://tinyurl.com/3ynwwqx [Abstract] Female education and family planning are both critical for sustainable development, and they obviously merit expanded support without any appeal to global climate considerations. However, even relatively optimistic projections suggest that family planning and female education will suffer from financing … Continue reading »
UNEP Convention on Biological Diversity Considering Ban on Geoengineering Research
Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Tenth meeting, Nagoya, Japan, 18-29 October 2010 Draft Decisions for the Tenth Meeting of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/cop/cop-10/official/cop-10-01-add2-rev1-en.pdf (page 145) [Time Ecocentric blog, Nov. 2 by Bryan Walsh] Although most of the attention on the end of last week’s meeting … Continue reading »
