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This RePEc Biblio topic is edited by Richard S.j. Tol (pto90). It was first published on 2012-12-21 15:20:51 and last updated on 2012-12-23 08:57:39.

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Primary valuation studies are expensive and focused on a particular aspect of a particular environmental good or services in a particular place at a particular time. Public policy analysis requires more comprehensive estimates. Benefit transfer is the art of extrapolating value estimates.

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  1. Brouwer, Roy, 2000, "Environmental value transfer: state of the art and future prospects," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, volume 32, issue 1, pages 137-152, January.
  2. Troy, Austin & Wilson, Matthew A., 2006, "Mapping ecosystem services: Practical challenges and opportunities in linking GIS and value transfer," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, volume 60, issue 2, pages 435-449, December.
  3. Kirchhoff, Stefanie & Colby, Bonnie G. & LaFrance, Jeffrey T., 1997, "Evaluating the Performance of Benefit Transfer: An Empirical Inquiry," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, volume 33, issue 1, pages 75-93, May.
  4. Roy Brouwer & Frank Spaninks, 1999, "The Validity of Environmental Benefits Transfer: Further Empirical Testing," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, volume 14, issue 1, pages 95-117, July, DOI: 10.1023/A:1008377604893.
  5. Alberini, Anna & Cropper, Maureen & Fu, Tsu-Tan & Krupnick, Alan & Liu, Jin-Tan & Shaw, Daigee & Harrington, Winston, 1997, "Valuing Health Effects of Air Pollution in Developing Countries: The Case of Taiwan," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, volume 34, issue 2, pages 107-126, October.
  6. V. Smith & Subhrendu Pattanayak, 2002, "Is Meta-Analysis a Noah's Ark for Non-Market Valuation?," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, volume 22, issue 1, pages 271-296, June, DOI: 10.1023/A:1015567316109.
  7. Griffin, Charles C, et al, 1995, "Contingent Valuation and Actual Behavior: Predicting Connections to New Water Systems in the State of Kerala, India," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, volume 9, issue 3, pages 373-395, September.
  8. Rosenberger, Randall S. & Stanley, Tom D., 2006, "Measurement, generalization, and publication: Sources of error in benefit transfers and their management," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, volume 60, issue 2, pages 372-378, December.
  9. Ian J. Bateman & Roy Brouwer & Helen Davies & Brett H. Day & Amelie Deflandre & Salvatore Di Falco & Stavros Georgiou & David Hadley & Michael Hutchins & Andrew P. Jones & David Kay & Graham Leeks & M, 2006, "Analysing the Agricultural Costs and Non‐market Benefits of Implementing the Water Framework Directive," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell, volume 57, issue 2, pages 221-237, July, DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2006.00049.x.
  10. I.J. Bateman & A.P. Jones & A.A. Lovett & I.R. Lake & B.H. Day, 2002, "Applying Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to Environmental and Resource Economics," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, volume 22, issue 1, pages 219-269, June, DOI: 10.1023/A:1015575214292.
  11. Richard Ready & Ståle Navrud & Brett Day & Richard Dubourg & Fernando Machado & Susana Mourato & Frank Spanninks & Maria Rodriquez, 2004, "Benefit Transfer in Europe: How Reliable Are Transfers between Countries?," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, volume 29, issue 1, pages 67-82, September, DOI: 10.1023/B:EARE.0000035441.37039.8a.
  12. Barton, David N., 2002, "The transferability of benefit transfer: contingent valuation of water quality improvements in Costa Rica," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, volume 42, issue 1-2, pages 147-164, August.
  13. V. Kerry Smith & George Van Houtven & Subhrendu K. Pattanayak, 2002, "Benefit Transfer via Preference Calibration: "Prudential Algebra" for Policy," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, volume 78, issue 1, pages 132-152.
  14. Spash, Clive L. & Vatn, Arild, 2006, "Transferring environmental value estimates: Issues and alternatives," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, volume 60, issue 2, pages 379-388, December.