As part of PERC’s Free Market Environmentalism Workshop, “Financial Contracting, Transaction Costs, and Environmental Amenities,” Dr. Jonathan Karpoff offers the keynote address highlighting Ronald Coase and environmental finance. Chapter 2 offers an overview of the patron saints.
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Patron Saints of the Environmental Movement
As part of PERC’s Free Market Environmentalism Workshop, “Financial Contracting, Transaction Costs, and Environmental Amenities,” Dr. Jonathan Karpoff offers the keynote address highlighting Ronald Coase and environmental finance. Section 3 highlights Ronald Coase’s contributions.
An Analysis: Wildfire Management
In the wake of the 2012 Colorado fires, PERC President Terry Anderson and former PERC fellow Sarah Anderson take a look at the motivating forces behind Forest Service fuel management decisions.
Sustainable Landscapes
PERC Enviropreneur Institute (PEI) Alum Jeremy Gingerich talks about the importance of open landscapes and how the skills from PEI will help him achieve his goals.
Saving Patagonia Grasslands
PERC Director of Outreach Laura Huggins explores how free market environmentalism is working to save 40 million acres of Patagonia grasslands.
Raising Coral, Restoring Reefs
PERC Enviropreneur Institute alum Brett Howell is developing a market for coral reef restoration off Florida’s coast. If the reefs rebound and new coral grows, they will not only improve the habitat for marine animals but also improve business prospects for dive shops, fishing boats, and ocean side hotels and restaurants.
Saving Ocean Fisheries with Property Rights
Saving Ocean Fisheries with Property Rights is the first in a series of PERC videos that will document how Free Market Environmentalism solves real-world conservation problems. Don Leal, PERC’s research director, and Mark Lundsten, a former boat captain on the Bering sea, combine research and real life to tell what happens when open access fishingContinue reading “Saving Ocean Fisheries with Property Rights”
Laura Huggins, Part 1
On the first Earth Day, predictions of famine and catastrophe dominated the news. Today, forty years later, PERC’s Laura Huggins tells us that we have much to celebrate. Human ingenuity continues to produce new ideas and technologies that have led to environmental advances, not disasters.
Laura Huggins, Part 2
On the first Earth Day, predictions of famine and catastrophe dominated the news. Today, forty years later, PERC’s Laura Huggins tells us that we have much to celebrate. Human ingenuity continues to produce new ideas and technologies that have led to environmental advances, not disasters.
Laura Huggins, Part 3
On the first Earth Day, predictions of famine and catastrophe dominated the news. Today, forty years later, PERC’s Laura Huggins tells us that we have much to celebrate. Human ingenuity continues to produce new ideas and technologies that have led to environmental advances, not disasters.