Welfare measurement under threats of environmental catastrophes

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 421-429

  Tsur, Yacov ^a   Zemel, Amos ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Environmental catastrophes; Green NNP; Hazard rate; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FAULT TREE ANALYSIS; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHES; GREEN NNP; HAZARD RATE; UNCERTAINTY;

DISASTERS;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; EXPLOITATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATURAL RESOURCE; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 33745623090     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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