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1997
Horbulyk, Theodore M., Adamowicz, Wiktor
If economic instruments are to play a role in the resolution of water quantity problems, then two important preliminary steps will be to assess what those problems are and to ascertain what scope there is for resolving them with policy reforms. The next section of the paper addresses these two...
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The Incorporation of Nontimber Goods and Services in Integrated Resource Management. I. An Introduction to the Alberta Moose Hunting Study Interim Project Report
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Louviere, Jordan J., Williams, Michael, Boxall, Peter C., McLeod, Kristine, Adamowicz, Wiktor
Although participation in recreational hunting has been declining in Alberta throughout the mid 1980s and early 1990s, participation in moose hunting appears to have remained stable until about 1990 (Figure 1). The reasons for this comparative stability and the recent decline in participation are...
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The Economic Value of Wildlife in Alberta: A Database and Analysis of Benefit and Expenditure Estimates
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Phillips, William E., Adamowicz, Wiktor, Rush, Bonnie C.
The \"Wildlife Valuation Database\" is composed of 53 individual studies, providing 181 wildlife and reacreation benefit estimates. The database can be run on an IBM computer with Microsoft Windows 3.1. The format of the database is in the following form; (a) ID number, (b) focus of study (for...
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Risk Perceptions, Social Interactions and the Influence of Information on Social Attitudes to Agricultural Biotechnology
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Adamowicz, Wiktor, Hu, Wuyang, Veeman, Michele M.
We assess Canadians' risk perceptions for genetically modified (GM) food and probe influences of socio-economic, demographic and other factors impinging on these perceptions. An internet-administered questionnaire with two stated choice split-sample experiments that approximate market choices of...
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2010
Petigara, M., Laate, E., Unterschultz, Jim, Boxall, Peter C., Adamowicz, Wiktor, Forbes, K., Jordan, M., Dridi, C., Parlee, B., Myshaniuk, K., Zimmer, N., Arnot, C.
This report summarizes a series of projects undertaken by staff and students in the Department of Rural Economy which examine various socio-economic aspects of chronic wasting disease and its effect on a range of stakeholders in Alberta. The four projects included exploring impacts on the cervid...
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Non-Timber Values in Canadian Forests: An Assessment of Uses, Techniques and Data Availability
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In 1989 the Canadian forest industry shipped nearly $50 billion of forest products, generated over $3.5 billion in government revenues, and accounted for $19.5 billion of Canada's trade surplus (Forestry Canada, 1991). The forest provides the products which are used to generate trade surpluses...
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Measuring Forest Resource Values: An Assessment of Choice Experiments and Preference Construction Methods as Public Involvement Tools
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Boxall, Peter C., Shapansky, Bradford, Adamowicz, Wiktor
Human values arising from forests include market and non-market values. Timber values and values of non-timber forest products traded in markets (berries, wild rice, etc.) are considered market values. Among non-market values are recreation values and values associated with wildlife harvesting by...
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1992
Tymchuk, Wayne, Lee, Gabriel, Veeman, Terry S., Hamal, Krishna, Adamowicz, Wiktor, Armstrong, Glen W., Veeman, Michele M.
Interest in modeling the relationship between the macroeconomy and the agricultural economy has risen steadily since Schuh's 1974 article which illustrated the potential effects of macroeconomic policy shocks on the agricultural sector. A variety of authors has examined the effects of exchange...
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1993
Adamowicz, Wiktor, Condon, Barbara
Forests supply a diverse combination of market and nonmarket goods creating a complex management problem for the utilization of the forest resource. The values associated with conventional forest products, such as lumber and pulp and paper, pass directly through the market system. On the other...
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2004
Veeman, Michele M., Adamowicz, Wiktor
Consumers’ attitudes to genetically modified (GM) food ingredients and their reactions to and preferences for labeling of GM food are topical issues for Canadian food policy and are the subjects of this study. This project included several components. The first of these was an assessment of...