BIOECON
Scientific partners
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EIB Eco-delivery Project University of Stirling |
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The Eco-Delivery project within the Department of Economics is committed to contributing to an improved understanding of the mechanisms for improving the delivery of ecosystem services. The fundamental question that the project addresses is how to both effectively and efficiently increase the supply of eco-system services from private land using market-based instruments. Contact: prof. Nicholas Hanley |
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| CURRENT PROJECTS | Start Date | End Date | Description |
| FOREMOD – Modelling economic impact and strategies to increase resilience against tree disease outbreaks | 2016 | ongoing | http://forestresilience.net/ |
| Agglomeration Bonus and Local Interactions | - | - | This study experimentally analyzes spatial coordination under the Agglomeration Bonus in a local interaction setup in small and large circular landscapes. In the experiments agents are organized in large and small groups and play the same game. The results indicate that coordination to the ecologically beneficial outcome is not achieved in bigger groups. Also mis-coordination exists in the final period. |
| Impact of Agricultural Change on Upland Farming or Biodiversity | - | - | We developed ecological-economic models, using biodiversity indicators. The models represent six UK upland farms types and are used to assess the outcomes of different agricultural futures. Our results show that the impacts on farm incomes, land use and biodiversity are very diverse. Each policy scenario produces un-equal distributions of farm income changes, and gains and losses in biodiversity indicators. |
| Iterative Auctions for Spatially Contiguous Project Selection | - | - | This study analyzes the performance of an iterative descending price auction for the selection of spatially adjacent projects. Experiments are conducted where the information available to subjects is used as the treatment. Auction performance analysis indicates that economic and ecological performance is lower in the presence of extra information. In addition analysis of individual behaviour is also provided. |
