Agricultural Economics and Valuation

Research themes and Projects

The research themes and projects are focussed on: choice experiments and contingent valuation method; recreation demand systems models; valuation and GIS map of ecosystems service; valuation of benefits from restoring Mediterranean wetlands and polluted lands; meta-analysis of the recreational value of ecosystems in Italy; design of efficient payments for ecosystem services; valuation of benefits of preserving endangered indigenous livestock breeds; assessment forest externalities in decision making tools; conservation and biodiversity banking; public benefits of water resources; costs of natural disasters; impacts of climate change on agriculture and ecosystems; equivalence analysis and natural resource damage assessment; real estate appraisal; land market studies.