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Amenities and Irreversibility

Fundamentals
  Neher, Chapters 3 and 13.
  Fisher, Chapter 5.
Irreversibility
  Arrow, K.J. and A.C. Fisher (1974), "Environmental Preservation, Uncertainty, and Irreversibility," Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 88, May. (A classic paper showing that irreversible conversions of amenity-producing resources into other uses should be slower when there is uncertainty about the future value of the amenity.)
  Henry, C. (1974), "Investment Decisions Under Uncertainty: The Irreversibility Effect," American Economic Review, 64: 1006-12.
Valuation
  Smith, V. Kerry (1990), "Valuing Amenity Resources Under Uncertainty: A Skeptical View of Recent Resolution," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 19(2): 192-102.
  Smith, V. Kerry (1990), "Can We Measure the Economic Value of Environmental Amenities?", Southern Economic Journal, 56(4): 865-78
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