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411. Benefit-Cost Analysis decision criteria

9 April, 202412 December, 2024 by David Pannell2 Min Reading

The question of whether to use Benefit: Cost Ratio or Net Present Value or Internal Rate of Return is “a world of confusion,” because textbooks

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410. Strategic decisions, tactical decisions and risk

2 April, 202417 July, 2024 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

My interest in risk in this series of posts is in how it affects decision making. There are two broad types of decisions that we

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409. Farmers’ risk preferences

25 March, 202417 July, 2024 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

Risk perceptions and risk preferences are different. Risk perceptions (covered in PD408) are about how risky someone thinks a particular strategy is. Risk preferences are

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408. Farmers’ risk perceptions

18 March, 202417 July, 2024 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

Some risks can be measured fairly objectively, while for others there is little objective evidence to go on. Either way, what drives farmers’ decisions is

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407. Memorising Pi

13 March, 20247 May, 2024 by David Pannell3 Min Reading

March 14 is Pi day – a celebration of the famous mathematical constant Pi, 3.1415926535 …  Pi is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to

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406. Risk means probability distributions

11 March, 202417 July, 2024 by David Pannell7 Min Reading

In everyday speech, the word “risk” usually refers to the possibility of something bad happening. In the context of a business, like a farm, a

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  • 429. The value of a non-market value

    We have a new paper out on the benefits and costs of using non-market valuation to monetise the non-financial benefits generated by environmental projects.  I

  • 428. Economic analysis of urban park designs

    Most parks in Australian cities are dominated by lawns. Is that what people really want in a park? Are there good alternatives that don’t require

  • 427. Reviews of research on agricultural adoption

    What drives or inhibits farmers in their decisions about adopting new farming practices? Many literature reviews have been published to summarise the wealth of research

  • 426. Music “Option Value”

  • 425. World population beyond 2100

  • 424. Risk aversion versus loss aversion, part 2

  • 423. Risk aversion versus loss aversion, part 1

  • 422. Risky farm decision making as a social process

  • 421. Risk versus uncertainty

  • 420. Systematic decision making under risk

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