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363. The Beatles: Get Back

17 January, 202230 January, 2022 by David Pannell16 Min Reading

Peter Jackson’s documentary masterpiece, The Beatles: Get Back, was released in November. I know that thousands of people have already commented on it, either in

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Economics, Policy

362. BCA criticisms 3: “discounting is bad”

10 January, 202221 September, 2023 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

Number 3 in my series on criticisms of Benefit: Cost Analysis (BCA) addresses discounting, the procedure used to compare benefits and costs that occur at

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Communication, Latest, Miscellaneous

361. Golf limericks

20 December, 202119 December, 2021 by David Pannell1 Min Reading

With Christmas upon us, it’s time for something light and (hopefully) amusing. How about a collection of limericks about golfing mishaps and achievements?  Most Saturdays

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Agriculture, Economics

360. Potential farmer responses to extreme prices for nitrogen fertiliser

19 December, 202125 January, 2022 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

For various reasons, the current price of nitrogen fertiliser is sky high. How should farmers respond? Crop farmers in Australia are currently ordering the inputs

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Latest

359. Ken Wallace obituary

15 December, 2021 by David Pannell2 Min Reading

A team led by Denis Saunders has prepared an obituary for Ken, which has now been published in the journal Pacific Conservation Biology. I’m really

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Economics

358. High-quality Benefit: Cost Analysis template, for free

12 December, 202121 September, 2023 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

As part of a project funded by the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, I developed a flexible but powerful spreadsheet template for Benefit: Cost Analysis.

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    When designing an environmental offset scheme, it is important to account for the probability that an offset project will fail to deliver its intended benefits.

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