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The monetary valuation of environmental goods and services has
evolved from a fringe field of study in the late 1970s and early
1980s to a primary focus of environmental economists over the past
decade. Despite its rapid growth, practitioners of valuation
techniques often find themselves defending their practices to both
users of the results of applied studies and, perhaps more
troubling, to other practitioners.
One of the more heated threads of this internal debate over
valuation techniques revolves around the types of data to use in
performing a valuation study. In the infant years of the
development of valuation techniques, two schools of thought
emerged: the revealed preference school and the stated preference
school, the latter of which is perhaps most associated with the
contingent valuation method. In the midst of this debate an
exciting new approach to non-market valuation was developed in the
1990s: a combination and joint estimation of revealed preference
and stated preference data.
There are two primary objectives for this book. One objective is
to fill a gap in the nonmarket valuation "primer" literature. A
number of books have appeared over the past decade that develop the
theory and methods of nonmarket valuation but each takes an
individual nonmarket valuation method approach. This book considers
each of these valuation methods in combination with another method.
These relationships can be exploited econometrically to obtain more
valid and reliable estimates of willingness-to-pay relative to the
individual methods. The second objective is to showcase recent and
novel applications of data combination and joint estimation via a
set of original, state-of-the-art studies that are contributed by
leading researchers in the field. This book will be accessible to
economists and consultants working in business or government, as
well as an invaluable resource for researchers and students
alike.
The "Collected Critical Heritage II" comprises 40 volumes covering
19th and 20th century European and American authors. These volumes
will be available as a complete set, mini boxes sets (by theme) or
as individual volumes. This second set compliments the first 68
volume set of "Critical Heritage" published by Routledge in October
1995. The Critical Heritage series gathers together a large body of
critical figures in literature. These selected sources include
contemporary reviews from both popular and literary media. This
volume covers the English novelist W. Somerset Maugham.
This set comprises of 40 volumes covering nineteenth and twnetieth
century European and American authors. These volumes will be
available as a complete set, mini boxed sets (by theme) or as
individual volumes. This second set compliments the first 68 volume
set of Critical Heritage published by Routledge in October 1995.
Over the last several decades, academic discourse on racial
inequality has focused primarily on political and social issues
with significantly less attention on the complex interplay between
race and economics. African Americans in the U.S. Economy
represents a contribution to recent scholarship that seeks to
lessen this imbalance. This book builds upon, and significantly
extends, the principles, terminology, and methods of standard
economics and black political economy. Influenced by path-breaking
studies presented in several scholarly economic journals, this
volume is designed to provide a political-economic analysis of the
past and present economic status of African Americans. The chapters
in this volume represent the work of some of the nation's most
distinguished scholars on the various topics presented. The
individual chapters cover several well-defined areas, including
black employment and unemployment, labor market discrimination,
black entrepreneurship, racial economic inequality, urban
revitalization, and black economic development. The book is written
in a style free of the technical jargon that characterizes most
economics textbooks. While the book is methodologically
sophisticated, it is accessible to a wide range of students and the
general public and will appeal to academicians and practitioners
alike.
Over the last several decades, academic discourse on racial
inequality has focused primarily on political and social issues
with significantly less attention on the complex interplay between
race and economics. African Americans in the U.S. Economy
represents a contribution to recent scholarship that seeks to
lessen this imbalance. This book builds upon, and significantly
extends, the principles, terminology, and methods of standard
economics and black political economy. Influenced by path-breaking
studies presented in several scholarly economic journals, this
volume is designed to provide a political-economic analysis of the
past and present economic status of African Americans. The chapters
in this volume represent the work of some of the nation's most
distinguished scholars on the various topics presented. The
individual chapters cover several well-defined areas, including
black employment and unemployment, labor market discrimination,
black entrepreneurship, racial economic inequality, urban
revitalization, and black economic development. The book is written
in a style free of the technical jargon that characterizes most
economics textbooks. While the book is methodologically
sophisticated, it is accessible to a wide range of students and the
general public and will appeal to academicians and practitioners
alike.
This study guide is designed to help students read and understand
the text, African Americans in the U.S. Economy. Each Study Guide
chapter contains the following pedagogical features: 1. Key Terms
and Institutions 2. Key Names 3. True/False Questions 4.
Multiple-Choice Questions 5. Essay Questions
The monetary valuation of environmental goods and services has
evolved from a fringe field of study in the late 1970s and early
1980s to a primary focus of environmental economists over the past
decade. Despite its rapid growth, practitioners of valuation
techniques often find themselves defending their practices to both
users of the results of applied studies and, perhaps more
troubling, to other practitioners. One of the more heated threads
of this internal debate over valuation techniques revolves around
the types of data to use in performing a valuation study. In the
infant years of the development of valuation techniques, two
schools of thought emerged: the revealed preference school and the
stated preference school, the latter of which is perhaps most
associated with the contingent valuation method. In the midst of
this debate an exciting new approach to non-market valuation was
developed in the 1990s: a combination and joint estimation of
revealed preference and stated preference data. There are two
primary objectives for this book. One objective is to fill a gap in
the nonmarket valuation "primer" literature. A number of books have
appeared over the past decade that develop the theory and methods
of nonmarket valuation but each takes an individual nonmarket
valuation method approach. This book considers each of these
valuation methods in combination with another method. These
relationships can be exploited econometrically to obtain more valid
and reliable estimates of willingness-to-pay relative to the
individual methods. The second objective is to showcase recent and
novel applications of data combination and joint estimation via a
set of original, state-of-the-art studies that are contributed by
leading researchers in the field. This book will be accessible to
economists and consultants working in business or government, as
well as an invaluable resource for researchers and students alike.
The criminal justice process is dependent on accurate
documentation. Criminal justice professionals can spend 50-75
percent of their time writing administrative and research reports.
The information provided in these reports is crucial to the
functioning of our system of justice. Report Writing for Criminal
Justice Professionals, Sixth Edition, provides practical
guidance-with specific writing samples and guidelines-for providing
strong reports. Most law enforcement, security, corrections, and
probation and parole officers have not had adequate training in how
to provide well-written, accurate, brief, and complete reports.
Report Writing for Criminal Justice Professionals covers everything
officers need to learn-from basic English grammar to the difficult
but often-ignored problem of creating documentation that will hold
up in court. This new edition includes updates to reference
materials and citations, as well as further supporting examples and
new procedures in digital and electronic report writing.
The criminal justice process is dependent on accurate
documentation. Criminal justice professionals can spend 50-75
percent of their time writing administrative and research reports.
The information provided in these reports is crucial to the
functioning of our system of justice. Report Writing for Criminal
Justice Professionals, Sixth Edition, provides practical
guidance-with specific writing samples and guidelines-for providing
strong reports. Most law enforcement, security, corrections, and
probation and parole officers have not had adequate training in how
to provide well-written, accurate, brief, and complete reports.
Report Writing for Criminal Justice Professionals covers everything
officers need to learn-from basic English grammar to the difficult
but often-ignored problem of creating documentation that will hold
up in court. This new edition includes updates to reference
materials and citations, as well as further supporting examples and
new procedures in digital and electronic report writing.
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