Pannell Discussions

Ideas in economics, environment, agriculture, policy and more.

Month: April 2022

Communication, Latest

21 April, 202223 September, 2022 by David Pannell15 Min Reading

A while back I was talking about my writing process with a colleague and had the idea of trying to describe it and demonstrate it

Economics, Environment, Latest

13 April, 202226 May, 2022 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

I’ve heard people express opposition to the use of Benefit: Cost Analysis because they say that it is too focused on money and neglects important

Climate change, Economics, Latest, Policy, Politics

7 April, 202231 May, 2022 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

An unfortunate thing about environmental policies is how easy it seems to be to do them badly. It’s all too common to find that an

385. Restructured Benefit: Cost Analysis course

I’ve now taught my online “micro-credential” course on Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis four times and it has gone really well – many happy graduates and
384. Biodiversity offset prices and biodiversity values

Increasingly, governments require developers to buy credits to offset any losses of biodiversity caused by their developments. In some cases, biodiversity offset credits can be
383. Submission to carbon credit inquiry

Prior to the last national election in Australia, our system of carbon credits was strongly criticised in the media by researchers from the Australian National
382. BCA challenges: Who benefits? Who pays?
381. Why are fertiliser prices currently so high?
380. The public’s valuation of threatened species protection
379. BCA challenges: Excess burden of taxation
378. Farmers’ adoption of new practices and technologies – video
377. Grain growers adapting to climate change in the WA wheatbelt
376. BCA challenges: jobs