Designing payments for ecosystem services: Lessons from previous experience with incentive-based mechanisms

BK Jack, C Kousky, KRE Sims - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Payments for ecosystem services (PES) policies compensate individuals or communities for
undertaking actions that increase the provision of ecosystem services such as water …

A systematic review of environmental and economic impacts of smart grids

M Moretti, SN Djomo, H Azadi, K May, K De Vos… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Smart grids (SGs) have a central role in the development of the global power sector. Cost-
benefit analyses and environmental impact assessments are used to support policy on the …

From principles to practice in paying for nature's services

S Wunder, R Brouwer, S Engel, D Ezzine-de-Blas… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Payments for Environmental Services (PES) constitute an innovative economic
intervention to counteract the global loss of biodiversity and ecosystem functions. In theory …

The policy challenges for green economy and sustainable economic development

E Barbier - Natural resources forum, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Green growth, the promotion of energy efficiency and clean energy technologies and
sustainable development are frequently viewed as complementary goals by international …

Transaction costs, collective action and adaptation in managing complex social–ecological systems

GR Marshall - Ecological Economics, 2013 - Elsevier
With the escalating uncertainties and surprises faced in responding to environmental and
natural resource challenges has come growing recognition of the need to manage such …

Transaction costs and environmental policy design

L McCann - Ecological Economics, 2013 - Elsevier
This article synthesizes the growing empirical literature on transaction costs to identify
pragmatic design recommendations for environmental and natural resource policies. The …

Influences of transaction costs in environmental policy

A Coggan, SM Whitten, J Bennett - Ecological economics, 2010 - Elsevier
There is a growing literature reporting the extent of transaction costs for environmental
policies. However understanding why transaction costs occur and why they are small or …

Understanding the evolution and performance of water markets and allocation policy: A transaction costs analysis framework

D Garrick, SM Whitten, A Coggan - Ecological Economics, 2013 - Elsevier
Water markets and associated allocation policy reforms have struggled to achieve their
intended goals in many water-stressed rivers, in part due to the institutional friction imposed …

Sludge and transaction costs

S Shahab, LK Lades - Behavioural Public Policy, 2024 - cambridge.org
Behavioral scientists have begun to research 'sludge,'excessive frictions that make it harder
for people to do what they want to do. Friction is also an important concept in transaction …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the outcomes of payments for ecosystem services programmes using a capital asset framework

AP Hejnowicz, DG Raffaelli, MA Rudd, PCL White - Ecosystem services, 2014 - Elsevier
There is a limited understanding of the conditions under which payments for ecosystem
services (PES) programmes achieve improvements in ecosystem service (ES) flows …