Browsing by Author "Ramilan, Thiagarajah"
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Analysis of environmental and economic efficiency using a farm population micro-simulation model
(Elsevier, 2011)New Zealand's success in raising agricultural productivity has been accompanied by higher input use, leading to adverse effects on the environment. Until recently, analysis of farm performance has tended to ignore such ... -
Evaluation of agri-environmental policies for reducing nitrate pollution from New Zealand dairy farms accounting for firm heterogeneity
(Elsevier, 2013)Policy makers worldwide are interested in the identification of cost-effective policy instruments to reduce diffuse pollution. A large economic model representing heterogeneous farms is used to evaluate a broad set of ... -
Evaluation of agri-environmental policies for water quality improvement accounting for firm heterogeneity
(Waikato Management School, 2011-07)Policy makers worldwide are interested in the identification of cost-effective policy instruments to reduce diffuse pollution. A large economic model representing heterogeneous farms is used to evaluate a broad set of ... -
Framework for evaluating management interventions for water-quality improvement across multiple agents
(Elsevier, 2011)It is difficult to accurately predict the impacts of policies for control of nonpoint-source pollution because analytical frameworks incorporating agent heterogeneity are rare. This paper overcomes this limitation through ... -
Improving Water Quality through Environmental Policies and Farm Management: an Environmental Economics Analysis of Dairy Farming in Karapiro Catchment
(The University of Waikato, 2008)This research explores the environmental and economic implications of nitrogen discharge abatement from dairy farms. This thesis develops a framework to analyse agri-environmental policies using bio economic modelling. A ...
