Factors influencing farmers’ participation in contractual biodiversity cons…

Private landholders’ contributions to biodiversity conservation are critical in landscapes with insufficient formal conservation reserves, as is the case in Australia’s tropical savannas. This study reports results from a discrete choice experiment conducted with pastoralists and graziers across northern Australia. The experiment was designed to explore the willingness of pastoralists and g…

Theft under Stalin: a property crights analysis

Recent work on dictatorship has focused on how repression is used by dictators to eradicate political opposition. This article examines evidence from one of the most important dictatorships of the twentieth century to suggest that this may tell only half the story. As Stalin’s dictatorship progressed, repression was increasingly administered neither by the secret police nor the military—as …

Design and characterization of spatial units for monitoring global impacts of…

Abstract: This paper describes the design and characterization of a limited number of areas to be used as spatial monitoring and reporting units (MRU) by Crop- Watch, the global crop monitoring system (http://www.cropwatch.com.cn/) hosted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The MRUs are modified and adapted from an existing standard vegetation zoning map. They are designed to be areas of unifo…

Modelling outcome-related risk in choice experiments

In this study, we introduce information on outcome-related risk as an additional attribute in a choice model of preferences for a land-based climate change mitigation project. We provide a comprehensive comparison of different model specifications arising from different behavioural assumptions about the way that respondents process information on outcome-related risk within the choice task. We …

Comparing economic performance of organic and conventional U.S. beef farms us…

Economic performance measures of organic and transitioning-to-organic cow–calf farms are compared with those of non-organic cow–calf farms. A method of matching samples is used for the comparison, estimating sample average treatment effects for the subpopulation of the treated. Each organic farm is matched with one non-organic farm that is involved in the same beef industry segments and far…

Consumer demand for diet quality: evidence from the healthy eating index

Few studies have been performed to use the detailed healthy eating index (HEI) to estimate consumer demand for diet quality. In this article, we apply household production theory to systematically estimate consumer demand for diet quality using the HEI developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The results show that consumers have insufficient consumption of food containing dark green and…

The welfare cost of Japanese rice policy with home-good preference and an end…

The welfare cost of Japanese rice policy is estimated in the context of a large importing country, treating domestically produced rice and imported rice as heterogeneous goods and where there is home-good preference. Not accounting for this preference will cause the gains from liberalisation to be overestimated. The period that is analysed is 2004–2007, departing from that in previous studies…

A Handbook of Economic Anthropology

Those who work in economic anthropology are aware of the importance of the economy in public thought and debate. In retrospect, Adam Smith might well have titled his book The health of nations, for in our day, if not in his, it seems that the health of a country is defined by its wealth, just as the final judgement of an activity is its bottom line, how it gains or loses money. And overween…

Discovering artificial economics: how agents learn and economies evolve

W e live in an astonishingly complex world. Yet what we do in our everyday lives seems simple enough. Most of us conform to society's rules, pursue familiar strategies, and achieve reasonably predictable outcomes. In our role as economic agents, we simply peddle our wares and earn our daily bread as best we can. So where on earth does this astonishing complexity come from? Much of it is ubiquit…

A companion to urban economics

In deciding whom to invite to write the essays, we had three considerations in mind. We wanted the essays to be lively, stimulating, and well written. We also leaned toward up-and-coming stars rather than senior leaders in the field, who are chronically overcommitted and who right now are suffering from exposition fatigue. Finally, to make the book more appealing to non-US readers and also to c…

Principles Of Political Economy

Systematic study for an understanding of the laws of political economy is to be found no farther back than the sixteenth century. The history of political economy is not the history of economic institutions, any more than the history of mathematics is the history of every object possessing length, breadth, and thickness. Economic history is the story of the gradual evolution in the thought of m…

Unfree Labour under Capitalism: A Contradiction in (Useful) Terms

Is free labour under capitalism a contradiction in terms? Two aspects of this long-debated question are considered. One is the divide between the libertarian insistence on individual freedom and the socialist contention of proletarian class unfreedom. Is there a viewpoint free of judgments or valuations as to what is or is not interesting or valuable about any given view of freedom? We argue th…

Economic Analysis and Species at Risk: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges

The Canadian Species at Risk Act (SARA) has been in existence for 13 years. It was, and in many ways continues to be, controversial. The U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) originated in 1973 and has also been controversial. In the 1990s, concerns were raised by economists in Canada and the United States on the design of endangered species (ES) policy. Their concerns surrounded the reconsidera…

Margarine and the origins and timing of microeconomic reform in Australia

The production of margarine in Australia was for a long time the subject of strict quotas designed to limit the output of the industry in order to protect the dairy industry. The industry was effectively deregulated by the Whitlam, Dunstan (South Australia) and Wran (New South Wales) governments in the years 1975 and 1976. This move was effectively the first measure designed to deregulate an in…

Risk management and financial institutions

Risk management practices and the regulation of financial institutions have continued to evolve in the past three years. Risk Management and Financial Institutions has been expanded and updated to reflect this. Like my other popular text Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, the book is designed to be useful to practicing managers as well as college students. Those studying for GARP and PRMI…

Pro Excel Financial Modeling: Building Models for Technology Startups

This book outlines smart business strategies for building a technology startup and provides a comprehensive guide to building a financial model of the company. I wrote this book to share my entrepreneuring experience and to help the entrepreneur avoid many of the obstacles and hazards that I encountered while leading and participating in early-stage companies. This book is important because…

The Sustainable Provision of Environmental Services: From Regulation to Innov…

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Modern portfolio theory and investment analysis

There has been a renewed interest in the science of investment management in the years since the global financial crisis. The volatility of world markets and the shock to its financial institutions has caused a profound reexamination of risk, research into the methods of effective diversification, and exploration of the fundamental expected returns from financial assets. Rather than causi…

Intermediate Microeconomics: A Modern Approach

The success of the first seven editions of Intermediate Microeconomics has pleased me very much. It has confirmed my belief that the market would welcome an analytic approach to microeconomics at the undergraduate level. My aim in writing the first edition was to present a treatment of the methods of microeconomics that would allow students to apply these tools on their own and not just…

Microeconomics: Markets, Methods & Models

Microeconomics: Markets, Methods and Models focuses upon the material that students need to cover in a first introductory course. It is slightly more compact than the majority of principles books in the Canadian marketplace. Decades of teaching experience and textbook writing has led the authors to avoid the encyclopedic approach that characterizes the recent trends in textbooks. Consistent wit…

Microeconomics

For students who care about how the world works, microeconomics is one of the most relevant and interesting subjects they can study. A good grasp of microeconomics is vital for managerial decision making, for designing and understanding public policy, and more generally for appreciating how a modern economy functions. Wewrote this book, Microeconomics, because we believe that students need t…

Microeconomic

For students who care about who the world works, microeconomics is one of most relevant and interesting subjects they can study. A good grasp of microeconomics is vital for managerial decision making, for designing and understanding public policy, and more generally for appreciating how a modern economy functions. We wrote this book, Microecollomics, because we believe that students need to …

Auctions: Theory and Practice

This book is a non-technical introduction to auction theory; its practical application in auction design (including many examples); and its uses in other parts of economics. Part A introduces the basic theory. Part B shows how modern auction-theoretic tools illuminate a range of mainstream economic questions that are superficially unconnected with auctions. Part C discusses practical auction de…

Retrieving the Differences: the Distinctiveness of the Welfare Aspect of Huma…

Abstract Recently, the idea that all rights are positive and costly has come to prominence in international human rights law. This has been taken to imply that there are no reasons to object to providing economic, social, and cultural rights with the same level of protection than civil and political rights. The present contribution aims to reject this undifferentiated view. It argues that eve…

Maintenance planning and scheduling handbook

The welcome demand for the Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Handbook around the world and repeated printings have encouraged this second edition. The author is profoundly grateful that maintenance practitioners across a wide spectrum of industries have found the handbook and its principles universally applicable. The second edition has revised most pages throughout the entire handboo…

Macroeconomics

An economist must be “mathematician, historian, statesman, philosopher, in some degree . . . as aloof and incorruptible as an artist, yet sometimes as near the earth as a politician.” So remarked John Maynard Keynes, the great British economist who, as much as anyone, could be called the father of macroeconomics. No single statement summarizes better what it means to be an economist. …

Macroeconomics: A european perspective

This European edition of Macroeconomics is based on the well-tested US edition and on the experience of previous European editions in national languages – French, German, Spanish and Italian – some of which have been used in universities around Europe for many years (the Italian edition since 1998). We had three goals in preparing this edition: ● To provide an integrated view of macro…

Indian economy for civil services examinations

The comprehensive revision of this book is in the light of the growing sales and encouraging feedback from the readers. I am indebted to all those who have sent mails, some appreciative, some critical, some constructive. Based on all the suggestions and feedback, I am delighted to place before you the Fifth Edition of the book, fully revised and with three new chapters that address the conce…

Financial Risk Manager Handbook

The FRM Handbook provides the core body of knowledge for financial risk managers. Risk management has rapidly evolved over the last decade and has become an indispensable function in many institutions. This Handbook was originally written to provide support for candidates taking the FRM examination administered by GARP. As such, it reviews a wide variety of practical topics in a consistent a…

Sharing the load? Partners’ relative earnings and the division of domestic …

One of the most pressing issues contributing to the persistence of gender inequality is the gendered division of domestic labour. Despite their entry into paid employment, women still carry out more domestic work than men, limiting their ability to act on an equal footing within the workplace. This qualitative research adds to the ongoing debate concerning the reasons for the persistence of the…

What Typically Developing Children’s Parents Say When They Read Books About…

The purpose of this study was to examine (a) how parents and their kindergarten-age children talk about disabilities when they read books that include characters with disabilities and (b) the relationship between the frequency of mother/child comments about disabilities and children’s attitudes toward peers with disabilities, as measured by the Acceptance Scale for Kindergarten–Revised (ASK…

A Program for Improving Toddler Communication Through Parent Coaching

The purpose of this manuscript was to describe a community-based program, Language and Play Everyday (LAPE), aimed at evaluating effective practices for enhancing parents’ capacity to increase their toddlers’ communication skills. LAPE was a parent education program focused on coaching parents to embed naturalistic language-enhancing strategies within daily routines. Participants included …

Using Interval-Based Systems toMeasure Behavior in Early Childhood Special Ed…

The purpose of this article is to summarize the current literature on the accuracy and reliability of interval systems using data from previously published experimental studies that used either human observations of behavior or computer simulations. Although multiple comparison studies provided mathematical adjustments or modifications to interval systems, recommendations were often noted as…

Comparing Apples and Oranges: The Mismeasurement of Young Children Through th…

The assessment of young children in early childhood special education is a central area of educational practice. The results of child assessments often have significant implications for young children, their families, and the programs that serve them, including eligibility for special education services, instructional planning, and documentation of child outcomes. The array of early childhood a…

Progress in Language and Literacy Skills Among Children With Disabilities in …

Quality literacy instruction in preschool can be critical to the future academic success for all children, but may be even more so for children with disabilities. The purpose of this study was to examine progress in emergent literacy skills of young children with disabilities, compared with their typical peers, in an inclusive preschool setting. Participants in this study included 77 prekinderg…

Examination of the Mechanisms Underlying Effectiveness of the Turtle Technique

A significant number of young children exhibit challenging behaviors in preschool settings. A tiered framework of intervention has documented effectiveness in elementary and secondary schools, and recently has been extended to preschool settings.Although there is emerging research to support the effectiveness of Tier 1 (universal) and Tier 3 (intensive) interventions with young children, few st…

A Training Program to Improve IFSP/IEP Goals and Objectives Through the Routi…

The authors describe a training program designed to improve the knowledge and skills of early childhood interventionists.Within the context of using the Routines-Based Early Intervention approach, this training focused on improving the quality of goals and objectives on individualized plans, through the Routines-Based Interview. We structured the training around five face-to-face sessions and a…

Knowing What Teachers Know

That teachers need to have deep knowledge has been an article of faith among philosophers, educators, and policymakers tracing back to Socrates. But the specifics of what teachers ought to know and how they can make use of knowledge during teaching continue to evolve (Biesta & Burbules, 2003) and are related to underlying conceptions of the role of teachers and the teaching profession that have…

The Changing Nature of Educational Assessment

On the surface, this chapter concerns the evolution of educational assessment from a paper-based technology to an electronic one. On a deeper level, that evolution is more substantive. As has been noted, that evolution can be viewed in terms of developmental stages (Bennett, 1998, 2010b; Bunderson, Inouye, & Olsen,1989). In the first section of this chapter, those stages are briefly described a…

The Lightening Veil: Language Revitalization in Wales

The Welsh language, which is indigenous to Wales, is one of six Celtic languages.It is spoken by 562,000 speakers, 19% of the population of Wales, according to the 2011 U.K. Census, and it is estimated that it is spoken by a further 200,000 residents elsewhere in the United Kingdom. No exact figures exist for the undoubted thousands of other Welsh speakers beyond the United Kingdom who are able…

Language Policy, Politics,and Diversity in Education

Review of Research in Education: Vol. 38, Language Policy, Politics, and Diversity in Education explores the role of educational language policies in promoting education as a human right. There are an estimated nearly 7,000 living languages in the world. Yet, despite the extent of language diversity, only a small number of the world’s languages are used as mediums of instruction. Even in Eng…

Diversity, Super-Diversity, and Monolingual Language Ideology in the United S…

Each new demographic shift and economic or social change bring seemingly new issues into popular and political focus—questions, debates, and policies about the role of language in education and society and the recent claims that transnational migrations and globalization are resulting in unprecedented forms of ethnolinguisic “super-diversity.”This chapter addresses issues related to lang…

Language Diversity and Language Policy in Educational Access and Equity

This article examines the role of language policies in mediating access and equity in education. By examining a range of research and case studies on language policies, we explore how educational language policies serve as a central gatekeeper to education itself, as well as to quality education that may fundamentally depend on language ability, not only for literacy and classroom interaction b…

The Weight of English in Global Perspective: The Role of English in Israel

Similar to most countries in the world today, English in Israel plays a major role, both as a global and a local language in multiple domains such as business, academia,media, and education, as well as in daily interactions. English is the language of texts that students are required to read in academia in most disciplines; it is a language frequently “peppered” in Hebrew oral interactions,…

Overcoming Colonial Policies of Divide and Rule:Postcolonialism’s Harnessin…

This chapter1 offers a situated account of English and vernacular literacy practices from a postcolonial perspective. Postcolonial scholarship in disciplines such as cultural studies and English literature has alerted us to the extent to which colonial rule partially created and reproduced negative images regarding “natives” so as to be better able to govern. Within applied linguistics, thi…

From Segregation to School Finance: The Legal Context for Language Rights in …

In this chapter, I review the legal trajectory of language rights in public schooling in the United States and how language has been intertwined with other policy issues in court cases aimed at expanding access and equity for minority students:desegregation and school finance. Most of these cases originated in the Southwestern United States where there were and continue to be critical masses of…

Reclaiming Indigenous Languages: A Reconsideration of the Roles and Responsib…

In this chapter, we offer a critical examination of a growing field of educational inquiry and social practice: the reclamation of Indigenous mother tongues. We use the term reclamation purposefully to denote that these are languages that have been forcibly subordinated in contexts of colonization (Hinton, 2011; Leonard, 2007).Language reclamation includes revival of a language no longer spoken…

Justifying Educational Language Rights

Not so long ago, we seemed to be making progress on the question of how to incorporate meaningfully the cultural and linguistic backgrounds of our increasingly diverse school student population. In the 1990s, multicultural and bilingual educational approaches were becoming commonplace in modern liberal democracies (Banks & Banks, 2004; May, 1999, 2009). Similarly, multiculturalism appeared to b…

Spanish as the Second National Language of the United States: Fact, Future, F…

The status of a language is very often described and measured by different factors,including the length of time it has been in use in a particular territory, the official recognition it has been given by governmental units, and the number and proportion of speakers. Spanish has a unique history and, so some argue status, in the contemporary United States based on these and other criteria. At l…

A Cerebration of Language Diversity,Language Policy, and Politics in Education

During the more vitriolic moments of the 1980s “culture wars” in the United States, the “culture warrior” E. D. Hirsch made a clarion call in defense of universal study of the masterworks of the English literay canon. In this work, he conceded space to the canonical literature of prestige foreign languages but drew a very firm line against linguistic pluralism, which he contrasted to a…