Facing natural hazards: uncertain and intertemporal elements of choosing shore protection along the Great Lakes

One tool of the economic planner is Benefit Cost Analysis (BCA). This model's accuracy in describing human behavior has been criticized, particularly for uncertain and intertemporal choices. To the extent this holds, the model will be inaccurate in assessing benefits of shoreline protection mea...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Grady, Kevin Lawrence
Other Authors: Agricultural Economics
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/38362
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-165904/