Space and the Environment: An Introduction to the Topical Collection

14 Pages Posted: 7 May 2019 Last revised: 10 May 2019

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Amitrajeet A. Batabyal

Rochester Institute of Technology

Henk Folmer

University of Groningen

Date Written: April 8, 2019

Abstract

We have two objectives in this topical collection of papers. First, we bring together in one place, original research that sheds light on the ways in which the notion of “space” affects the conceptualization of natural resource and environmental problems. Second, given this conceptualization, we show how rigorous modeling of natural resource and environmental problems that explicitly accounts for space overcomes some of the shortcomings of non-spatial analysis. Following this introductory paper, there are five additional papers in this topical collection. Each of these papers discusses a particular research question at the interface of what we call “space and the environment.”

Keywords: Biased and Inconsistent Estimators, Environment, Modeling, Natural Resources, Space, Welfare

JEL Classification: Q50, R11

Suggested Citation

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A. and Folmer, Henk, Space and the Environment: An Introduction to the Topical Collection (April 8, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3368512

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