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of Return, and Optimal Fiscal Policy. Resources for the Future,
Inc., The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore.
A path breaking formulation of the problems of public expenditure in the
context of modern economic growth theory has been produced in this book. The
authors tie the determination of the allocation of resources between public
and private sectors to the goal of getting the economic system onto an
efficient growth path. While the models utilized are highly abstract, there
are provocative implications for the determination of the appropriate discount
rate and the entire process of economic planning.
Arrow, Kenneth, Robert Solow, Paul R. Portney, Edward E. Leamer, Roy
Radner, and Howard Schuman (1993). "Report of the NOAA Panel on
Contingent Valuation." Panel report, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Washington, D.C.
Following the introduction, the drawbacks to the CV technique are
discussed in Section II. Section III discusses several key issues concerning
the design of CV surveys, including use of the referendum format to elicit
individual values, ways of addressing the so-called "embedding" problem, and
the evaluation of damages that last for some period but not forever. Section
IV presents guidelines to which the Panel believes any CV study should adhere
if the study is to produce information useful in natural resource damage
assessment. In Section V a research agenda is described; it is the Panel's
belief that future applications of the CV technique may be less time consuming
and contentious if the research described in the agenda is carried out.
Section VI presents the Panel's conclusions.
Asche, Frank (1997). Trade Disputes and Productivity Gains: The Curse of
Farmed Salmon Production? Marine Resource Economics, 12(1):67-73.
The relationship between productivity developments and price declines in
salmon farming using Norwegian data is the focus of this paper. This is of
interest because international trade conflicts in relation to farmed salmon
between Norway, the largest producer, and the producer nations with poor
profitability have resulted in trade restrictions on several occasions.
Ashford, Lori S. and Jeanne A. Noble (1996). Population Policy: Consensus
and Challenges. Consequences, 2(2):24-36.
A consensus was developed at the International Conference on Population
and Development held in Cairo in 1994 that recognizes that consumption in
wealthy countries and rapid population growth in poor countries put pressure
on the natural environment, both locally and globally. Yet, rather than
simply equating population policy with family planning, the new thinking is
that population growth should be stabilized by attacking some of the roots of
the problem: by improving women s access to education, health care, and
economic and political decisions. How the consensus emerged, what it will
cost to implement a world program of action, and the challenges that
governments in rich and poor countries face in addressing these issues is
reviewed here.
Asian Pacific Economics Committee Fisheries Working Group (1997). Trade and
Investment Liberalization in Fisheries, Phase I: Tariffs. Draft
Report, Los Cabos, Mexico, June 11-12.
This report on tariffs is the first of a four part fisheries sector
trade study program aimed at providing a better understanding of the fisheries
tariffs among the APEC economies. High tariffs that serve as an impediment to
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