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Economics, Policy, Politics, Water

39 – Fresh water for Perth 1: the State Government’s attempts

14 February, 20051 May, 2012 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

The State Opposition parties in Western Australia made the news this month with their ideas for providing fresh water to Perth. As lamentable as those

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Behaviour

38 – Personality and the adoption of innovations

7 February, 200526 December, 2011 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

This is an edited extract from Pannell et al. (2006). Thanks to my co-authors, Neil Barr, Roger Wilkinson, Frank Vanclay, Allan Curtis, and Graham Marshall,

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Behaviour, Environment, Natural resource management

37 – Adoption of conservation technologies by rural landholders

31 January, 200526 December, 2011 by David Pannell2 Min Reading

This is a brief advertisement for a new paper on my web site. It’s called “Understanding and promoting adoption of conservation practices by rural landholders”

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Miscellaneous

36 – Computer disasters: a cautionary tale

24 January, 200526 December, 2011 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

It was the day after my birthday. I was working on some emails in the Qantas Club in Perth. I’d been there for an hour

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Economics

35 – Thinking like an economist 11: Externalities and market failure

17 January, 200526 December, 2011 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

“Market failure” is defined as a situation where people acting independently and individually will not result in the greatest possible benefits for society, at least

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Economics

34 – Thinking like an economist 10: Values in the very long term

10 January, 200512 October, 2019 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

Discounting for short-term benefits and costs (within say 20 years), or for purely commercial investments, is theoretically uncontroversial. Discounting for investments that pay off over

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