Monetary estimates for disamenities related to waste transfer stations were measured in simultaneous hedonic pricing valuation surveys conducted in four different cities in Israel, in order to test the performance of the benefit transfer method. The sites were chosen to generate a mix of similar and dissimilar samples. All four sites were used both as policy and study sites. We applied the appr...

The transfer entropy is a well-established measure of information flow, which quantifies directed influence between two stochastic time series and has been shown to be useful in a variety fields of science. Here we introduce the transfer entropy of the backward time series called the backward transfer entropy, and show that the backward transfer entropy quantifies how far it is from dynamics to...

-In this paper we provide an introduction to water quality benefit estimation for noneconomists. Net water quality benefits are typically measured using the concept of consumer surplus, which can be estimated using a number of economic valuation methodologies. These can be divided into direct and indirect methods. Direct methods involve questioning survey respondents to determine their consumer...

Article history: Received 29 September 2005 Received in revised form 17 January 2006 Accepted 27 March 2006 Available online 6 May 2006 Convergent validity tests of benefit transfer accuracy show errors to range from a few percentage points to 100% and more. This paper discusses three potential sources of errors that affect the accuracy of benefit transfers. (1) The measurement of values is sub...