Search Results - "Shortle, J."

Offset integrity reduces environmental risk: Using lessons from biodiversity and carbon offsetting to inform water quality offsetting in the catchments of the Great Barrier Reef by McMahon, J.M., Turner, R.D.R., Smart, J.C.R., Shortle, J.S., Ramsay, I., Correa, D.F., Chamberlain, D., Mao, Y., Warne, M.St.J.

“…Environmental offsetting has been developed as a mechanism to facilitate the benefits from economic development while avoiding or minimizing environmental…”
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Advancing the Sustainability of US Agriculture through Long‐Term Research by Kleinman, P. J. A., Spiegal, S., Rigby, J. R., Goslee, S. C., Baker, J. M., Bestelmeyer, B. T., Boughton, R. K., Bryant, R. B., Cavigelli, M. A., Derner, J. D., Duncan, E. W., Goodrich, D. C., Huggins, D. R., King, K. W., Liebig, M. A., Locke, M. A., Mirsky, S. B., Moglen, G. E., Moorman, T. B., Pierson, F. B., Robertson, G. P., Sadler, E. J., Shortle, J. S., Steiner, J. L., Strickland, T. C., Swain, H. M., Tsegaye, T., Williams, M. R., Walthall, C. L.

“…Agriculture in the United States must respond to escalating demands for productivity and efficiency, as well as pressures to improve its stewardship of natural…”
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Water quality trading with asymmetric information, uncertainty and transaction costs: A stochastic agent-based simulation by Nguyen, N.P., Shortle, J.S., Reed, P.M., Nguyen, T.T.

“…► We test water quality trading's efficiency in bilateral and clearinghouse markets. ► Transaction costs and trading policy parameters affect the efficiency of…”
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Economic and environmental modelling for pollution control in an estuary by Hanley, Nick, Faichney, Robin, Munro, Alastair, Shortle, James S.

“…This paper reports on results from an environmental-economic modelling exercise aimed at quantifying the potential cost savings from a Tradable Pollution…”
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Point-nonpoint nutrient trading in the Susquehanna River basin by Horan, Richard D., Shortle, James S., Abler, David G.

“…There is considerable interest in the use of pollution trading between point and nonpoint sources to improve the cost‐effectiveness of water pollution control…”
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Dynamic call-blocking algorithms for telecommunications networks by Shortle, J.F.

“…Mass-calling events can cause significant congestion in the phone network due to the high volume of redial attempts. This paper presents dynamic algorithms…”
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Baseline requirements can hinder trades in water quality trading programs: Evidence from the Conestoga watershed by Ghosh, Gaurav, Ribaudo, Marc, Shortle, James

“…The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are promoting point/nonpoint trading as a way of reducing the…”
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A generalized framework for probabilistic design with application to rotors by Shortle, J.F., Mendel, M.B.

“…This paper generalizes an existing method for deriving probability models of manufacturing quality metrics. We specifically consider the problem of deriving…”
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Agglomeration bonus in small and large local networks: A laboratory examination of spatial coordination by Banerjee, Simanti, Kwasnica, Anthony M., Shortle, James S.

“…The Agglomeration Bonus (AB) is a subsidy mechanism intended to induce adjacent landowners to coordinate environmental conservation activities. This paper…”
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Ambient Taxes When Polluters Have Multiple Choices by Horan, Richard D., Shortle, James S., Abler, David G.

“…Ambient-based tax–subsidy schemes have drawn considerable interest in nonpoint pollution literature as alternatives to emissions-based instruments. Expanding…”
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Determinants of Cleaner Technology Investments in the U.S. Bleached Kraft Pulp Industry by Maynard, Leigh J., Shortle, James S.

“…This study identifies adoption determinants of selected cleaner technologies used in bleached kraft pulp production, with emphasis on incentives for voluntary…”
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Research Issues in Nonpoint Pollution Control by Abler, David, Horan, Richard, Shortle, James

“…Research on nonpoint pollution control instruments has focused primarily on incentives applied either to production inputs that affect nonpoint pollution, or…”
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Parameter Uncertainty in CGE Modeling of the Environmental Impacts of Economic Policies by Abler, David, Rodríguez, Adrián, Shortle, James

“…This study explores the role of parameter uncertainty in CGE modeling of the environmental impacts of macroeconomic and sectoral policies, using Costa Rica as…”
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COST-EFFECTIVE POINT-NONPOINT TRADING: AN APPLICATION TO THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN by Horan, Richard D., Abler, David G., Shortle, James S., Carmichael, Jeff

“…Under the auspices of the Clean Water Act, point sources of pollution are required to have discharge permits that define their allowable discharges, but the…”
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The environmental Kuznets curve when the environment exhibits hysteresis by Ranjan, Ram, Shortle, James

“…The relevance and implications of the environmental Kuznets hypothesis are examined in the presence of stock effects and non-linearities associated with…”
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Ambient Taxes Under m-Dimensional Choice Sets, Heterogeneous Expectations, and Risk-Aversion by Abler, David, Horan, Richard, Shortle, James

“…We consider the design of ambient taxes forrisk-neutral and risk-averse polluters whenpolluters and the regulatory agency haveasymmetric information about…”
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Perceptions and Values for Preventing Ecosystem Change: Pennsylvania Duck Hunters and the Prairie Pothole Region by Kinnell, Jason, Lazo, Jeffrey K., Epp, Donald J., Fisher, Ann, Shortle, James S.

“…Diverse actions and events, ranging from agricultural development to global climate change, have the potential to affect the dynamics within distinct…”
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Optimal Management of Multiple Renewable Resource Stocks: An Application to Minke Whales by Horan, Richard, Shortle, James

“…Most bioeconomic models of efficient renewable resource management are constructed for a single harvesting ground. A bioeconomic model is developed in this…”
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Methodology for collision risk assessment of flow corridor concept by Yimin Zhang, Shortle, J., Sherry, L.

“…Presents a collection of slides covering the following topics: collision risk assessment; flow corridor concept; air transportation industry; autonomous flight…”
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Optimal renewable resource management in the presence of endogenous risk of invasion by Ranjan, Ram, Marshall, Elizabeth, Shortle, James

“…In this paper we examine the optimal management of a renewable resource that is at risk from alien species invasion. The objective of this paper is to derive…”
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