scholarly journals Some Economic Benefits and Costs of Vegetarianism

2009 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayson L. Lusk ◽  
F. Bailey Norwood
Keyword(s):  
Meat Consumption ◽  
Food Group ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Economic Costs ◽  
Human Race ◽  
Corn Prices ◽  
Demand Shifts ◽  
Activist Groups ◽  
Benefits And Costs

It is now fashionable in many circles to advocate vegetarianism, and many activist groups are vocal in their aim to convert the human race to vegetarians. What would be the economic costs and benefits of a shift away from meat consumption? In this article we provide some partial answers to this question. In three separate analyses we show (i) that it is much more costly to produce energy and protein from animal-based sources than from some plant-based sources, (ii) that sizable demand shifts away from meat consumption would result in significantly lower corn prices and production, and (iii) that the average U.S. consumer places a higher value on having meat in his or her diet than having any other food group. This information should help move forward our understanding of the economics of vegetarianism and provide an objective stance from which to evaluate the claims being made by advocates of vegetarianism.

scholarly journals Economic impact of 30km/h - Benefits and Costs of Speeds in an urban environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-51
Author(s):  
Kazuyuki Neki ◽  
Milly Lumumba ◽  
Sudeshna Mitra ◽  
Soames Job
Keyword(s):  
Economic Impact ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
The Other ◽  
Economic Costs ◽  
Low Speed ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Benefits And Costs

Speed has fundamental economic costs which are hidden for many stakeholders. On the other hand, the economic benefits of speed are highly visible and strongly promoted by benefiting stakeholders and indeed carefully considered in cost-benefit assessments by road operating agencies. Thus, the main purpose of this paper is to explore and present the benefits and costs of low speed roads in urban environments.

scholarly journals The Nature of the Original "Firm": A Coasean Cost-Benefit Analysis of Legalizing Prostitution

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Malia Dalesandry
Keyword(s):  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Economic Costs ◽  
Religious Perspective ◽  
Legal Perspective

Though there have been many studies of prostitution from the legal perspective, the feminist perspective, the societal perspective, and the moral, ethical, and religious perspective, the current breadth of literature does not include a cost-benefit analysis from which to examine its economic effects. This paper attempts a comprehensive analysis of legalizing prostitution while noting deficiencies in data and recognizing variations when interpreting existing data. The most salient monetary costs and benefits are discussed and calculated, and many others are included for the sake of a more developed examination. After a sensitivity analysis and a brief discussion of how Coase’s theorem may be utilized to determine economic efficiency, the conclusion and final recommendation is that, because economic benefits vastly outweigh economic costs, all states could benefit economically from legalizing prostitution.

Labor Emigration and Economic Development

1982 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 869-899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles W. Stahl
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Public Choice ◽  
Labor Migration ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Development Objectives ◽  
Benefits And Costs ◽  
Positive Force

This article is concerned with the extent to which labor migration is advantageous to the labor exporting country. It focuses on development consequences of labor emigration with a view toward the formulation of policies which can shape those consequences into a positive force for development, discussing a wide variety of potential costs and benefits generated by labor emigration. The issue of private versus public choice relative to emigration is examined, as is the major economic benefits and costs of labor emigration and the influence of development objectives on the valuation of these costs and benefits. Policies by which emigration countries may increase the benefits from labor emigration and reduce the costs are outlined.

scholarly journals Mapping the Economic Costs and Benefits of Conservation

PLoS Biology ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (11) ◽  
pp. e360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Naidoo ◽  
Taylor H Ricketts
Keyword(s):  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Economic Costs

Book Reviews

2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 565-567
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Infrastructure Investment ◽  
Commercial Fisheries ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Oil And Gas Development ◽  
Resource Exploration ◽  
Benefits And Costs

Michael A. Goldstein, Professor of Finance, Babson College reviews “Arctic Economics in the 21st Century: The Benefits and Costs of Cold” by Heather A. Conley. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Explores the economic benefits of an increasingly open Arctic region and the costs of exploring the riches of the American Arctic. Discusses Arctic frontiers; U.S. Arctic oil and gas development; Arctic mineral resource exploration; Arctic destination and trans-shipping; Arctic commercial fisheries; Arctic ecotourism; and Arctic infrastructure investment. Conley is Director and Senior Fellow of the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.”

Fertility and Occupation: Mining Districts in Prewar Japan

1981 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-315
Author(s):  
Carl Mosk
Keyword(s):  
Demographic Transition ◽  
Fertility Decline ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Economic Costs ◽  
Working Classes ◽  
Family Limitation ◽  
Fertility Differentials ◽  
Constrained Choice ◽  
Mining Districts

Many theories of demographic transition stem from attempts to explain fertility differentials across economic and social groups. These differentials typically emerge once a decline in natality commences. Thus it is commonly observed that the fertility of urban populations falls short of that recorded for agricultural districts, that the upper classes tend to precede the working classes in the adaptation of family limitation, and the like. These observations are, in turn, used to justify economic and sociological theories which, by associating both social status and economic costs and benefits with occupation and residence, account for the fertility decline in terms of status and constrained choice.

Towards a Broader Value Discourse: Understanding Sustainable and Public Value Potential

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joona Keränen
Keyword(s):  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Business And Society ◽  
Public Value ◽  
Current Value ◽  
Discourse Understanding ◽  
Benefits And Costs

The current value discourse tends to be characterized by economic benefits and costs. This may resonate with business actors, but customers and society are increasingly interested in environmental, social and public value as well. This article discusses why and how practitioners and scholars should take sustainable and public value potential into account, and move towards a broader value discourse that would resonate with both business and society.

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