Assessment of Agri-Environmental Externalities at Regional Levels in Finland

Qiuzhen Chen, Timo Sipiläinen and John Sumelius
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Qiuzhen Chen: Department of Economics and Management, P.O.B. 27, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland
Timo Sipiläinen: Department of Economics and Management, P.O.B. 27, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland
John Sumelius: Department of Economics and Management, P.O.B. 27, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland

Sustainability, 2014, vol. 6, issue 6, 1-21

Abstract: This study used a synthetic evaluation method to assess agri-environmental externalities at the regional level in Finland. The article developed a relative measure that made it possible to rank the 15 regions studied for seven agri-environmental indicators, which were based on the preferences of the evaluators. The results indicated significant differences in the provision of public goods between the regions. The provision of public goods tended to increase over the 10-year study period. The results were robust with respect to changes in preferences.

Keywords: agricultural environment; public goods; externality; provision level; multi-objective; synthetic evaluation; fuzzy theory; Finland; regions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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