The Value of Information Methodological Frontiers and New Applications in Environment and Health /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Laxminarayan, Ramanan (Editor), Macauley, Molly K. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Business.; Management science.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Health administration.; Econometrics.; Business and Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Business and Management, general.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.; Health Administration.

The notion that information has both statistical and pragmatic value dates back at least to the 1950s; in recent years, interest in the economic value of information has grown considerably. This book explores and analyzes innovative methodologies and applications of research on the value of informat...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• 1. The Value of Information in Index Insurance for Farmers in Africa
• Commentary
• 2. The Value of Information in a Risk Management Approach to Climate Change
• Commentary
• 3. Understanding the Value of Business Information
• Commentary
• 4. Valuing the Potential Impacts of GEOSS: A Systems Dynamics Approach
• Commentary
• 5. The Informative Role of Advertising and Experience in Dynamic Brand Choice: An Application to the Ready-To-Eat Cereal Market
• Commentary
• 6. The Effect of Public and Private Quality Information on Consumer Choice in Health Care Markets
• Commentary
• 7. Adoption of Over-The-Counter Malaria Diagnostics in Africa: The Role of Subsidies, Beliefs, Externalities, and Competition
• Commentary
• 8. The Value of Determining Global Land Cover for Assessing Climate Change Mitigation Options
• Commentary
• 9. Space Imaging and Prevention of Infectious Disease: Rift Valley Fever
• Commentary
• 10. Estimating the Benefits of Land Imagery in Environmental Applications: A Case Study in Nonpoint Source Pollution of Groundwater
• Commentary
• Index.