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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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Economics, Latest, Policy

357. BCA criticisms 2: “too much uncertainty”

6 December, 202121 September, 2023 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

Number 2 in my series on criticisms of Benefit: Cost Analysis (BCA) addresses the concern that it is not feasible to do a BCA on

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Agriculture, Climate change, Environment, Latest, Policy

356. Letter to Minister for Emissions Reduction

8 November, 20219 November, 2021 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

This is my draft of a letter to the Minister asking a set of questions about soil carbon in the context of the Government’s new

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Environment, Natural resource management, People, Policy

355. Wellbeing

1 November, 202129 October, 2021 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

This post is in memory of Ken Wallace, who died unexpectedly on 13 October 2021. When economists evaluate a project or a policy, the way

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Economics, Policy

354. BCA criticisms 1: “any result you want”

25 October, 202121 September, 2023 by David Pannell7 Min Reading

Over the years, I’ve had a number of conversations with people who made negative comments about Benefit: Cost Analysis (BCA) or certain aspects of it.

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