All the world has seen media coverage of the extraordinary fires that Australia has endured this summer. They sparked an intense discussion and debate about
read moreAn understanding of farmers’ adoption of new practices is central to the design of effective and efficient agricultural policies. Aspects of agricultural policy that can
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Agriculture, Behaviour, Communication, Economics, Latest, Natural resource management, People, Policy, Social issues
I’m the guest editor for a new Special Issue of the journal Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. The theme of the issue is “Adoption of
read moreMartin Weitzman (1942-2019) was an environmental economist who thought laterally. He made important contributions to the field in at least three areas. Here I’ll explain
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Agriculture, Behaviour, Economics, Environment, Latest, Marine, Natural resource management, People, Policy, Social issues, Water
Farmers are highly heterogeneous. Even farmers growing the same crops in the same region are highly variable. This is often not well recognised by policy
read moreWhere organisations are unable or unwilling to quantify project benefits in monetary or monetary-equivalent terms, a common approach is to rank potential projects on the
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