Comparative Environmental Economic Assessment

Since the 1990s, economists have increasingly recognized the role of meta-analysis and value transfer in synthesizing knowledge and efficiently exploiting the existing pool of knowledge. This volume explores the potential significance of using these techniques, particularly in environmental economics. Both meta-analysis and value transfer constitute major research tools which efficently use knowledge previously acquired from other studies. The book focuses on the potential role and usefulness of these tools in environmental economic research, and goes on to address their validity, relevance and applicability. A future agenda for research is also illustrated. Combining methodological analysis with a variety of case studies - on aircraft noise, environmental policy in European space and urban energy policy, amongst others - the contributors present an examination of the utilization of meta-analysis and value transfer. The insightful techniques highlighted in this book should prove valuable in the field of environmental economics.

Table of Contents:
Contents Preface INTRODUCTION 1. Meta-analysis and value transfer: comparative assessment of scientific knowledge Raymond J.G.M. Florax, Peter Nijkamp, Kenneth G. Willis PART I META-ANALYSIS AND VALUE TRANSFER IN ECONOMIC RESEARCH 2. Some parallels in the development of meta-analysis in the natural and social sciences Reinout Heijungs 3. The ceteris paribus clause in the context of meta-analysis and value transfer Frans Bal, Peter Nijkamp 4. The scope of meta-analysis for transport policy impact analysis in environmental economics Hans Kremers, Peter Nijkamp, Piet Rietveld 5. An evaluation of the potential of meta-analysis in value and function transfer Kenneth J. Button 6. Environmental value transfer: state of the art and future prospects Roy Brouwer PART II THE METHODOLOGY OF COMPARATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT 7. Benefit transfer: testing for accuracy and reliability Olvar Bergland, Kristin Magnussen, Ståle Navrud 8. Benefit function transfer versus meta-analysis as policymaking tools: a comparison Stefanie Engel 9. Developing a GIS-based methodology for benefit transfers Ian J. Bateman, Andrew A. Lovett, Julii S. Brainard 10. Methodological pitfalls in meta-analysis: publication bias Raymond J.G.M. Florax 11. Meta-analysis: a Bayesian perspective Chris Brunsdon, Kenneth G. Willis PART III CASE STUDIES 12. Thirty years of aircraft noise value studies: a meta-analysis Youdi Schipper, Peter Nijkamp, Piet Rietveld 13. A cost–benefit analysis of sustainable nature policy in the Dutch Vecht wetlands area Ernst J. Bos, Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh 14. Environmental quality in European space: a methodology for research synthesis Peter Nijkamp, Marco Geremia, Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh, Erik Verhoef 15. Critical success factors for urban energy policies: a metaanalytical comparison Peter Nijkamp, Maurice Ursem EPILOGUE 16. Meta-analysis and benefit transfer: synergy, lessons and research agendas Raymond J.G.M. Florax, Peter Nijkamp, Kenneth G. Willis Index

About the Author :
Edited by the late Raymond J.G.M. Florax, formerly Professor of Spatial and Environmental Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, US, Peter Nijkamp, Professor Emeritus, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the Centre for European Studies, Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iasi, Romania and the School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, China and Kenneth G. Willis, Emeritus Professor of Environmental Economics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK