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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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Agriculture, Climate change, Economics, Latest, Policy

353. Virtual issues of AJARE on climate change

19 October, 202119 October, 2021 by David Pannell2 Min Reading

The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (AJARE) has introduced a new system of “virtual” issues, pulling together articles on a particular theme from

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Economics, Latest, Policy

352. Comparing projects of different lifespans in BCA

7 October, 202121 September, 2023 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

One of the uses of Benefit: Cost Analysis (BCA) is to compare different projects to see which should be given priority for funding. What if

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Agriculture, Behaviour, Latest, Policy

351. Adoption and Behaviour Change in Agricultural Policy

4 October, 20212 October, 2021 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

An ability to understand and predict adoption of new farming practices is useful for agricultural policy in several ways, including: assessing additionality, selecting policy mechanisms,

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Economics, Latest

350. Professional development opportunities

21 July, 2021 by David Pannell2 Min Reading

I know “professional development opportunity” can be used as a euphemism for a work task that nobody would want to do, but I’m here to

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  • 439. Environmental offsets 7. Offset duration

    For offsets to do their job, they need to be in place and delivering their benefits for at least as long as the development has

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