Net losses

International trade causes large net economic losses in tropical countries via the destruction of ecosystem services.

Despite the large implications of the use of tropical land for exports ("land absorption") on ecosystem services (ES) and global biodiversity conservation, the magnitude of these externalities is not known. We quantify the net value of ES lost in tropical countries as a result of cropland, forestland and pastureland absorption for exports after deducting ES gains through imports ("land displace...

A sonic net excludes birds from an airfield: implications for reducing bird strike and crop losses.

Collisions between birds and aircraft cause billions of dollars of damages annually to civil, commercial, and military aviation. Yet technology to reduce bird strike is not generally effective, especially over longer time periods. Previous information from our lab indicated that filling an area with acoustic noise, which masks important communication channels for birds, can displace European St...

The net effects of medical malpractice tort reform on health insurance losses: the Texas experience

In this paper, we examine the influence of medical malpractice tort reform on the level of private health insurance company losses incurred. We employ a natural experiment framework centered on a series of tort reform measures enacted in Texas in 2003 that drastically altered the medical malpractice environment in the state. The results of a difference-in-differences analysis using a variety of...

Hidden losses

selfish director, however, might restrict himself to poaching the best staff members from the university without giving anything back. Writing for the daily paper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), the nine university professors, led by biochemist Günter Blobel from Rockefeller University, have outlined what they call the “unsolved MaxPlanck problem” of German research, namely the artificial...

Net Neutrality vs. Net Neutering