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An application of contingent valuation and decision tree analysis to water quality improvements (2007)
Journal Article
Atkins, J. P., Burdon, D., & Allen, J. H. (2007). An application of contingent valuation and decision tree analysis to water quality improvements. Marine pollution bulletin, 55(10-12), 591-602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.09.018

This paper applies contingent valuation and decision tree analysis to investigate public preferences for water quality improvements, and in particular reduced eutrophication. Such preferences are important given that the development of EU water quali... Read More about An application of contingent valuation and decision tree analysis to water quality improvements.

Identification, definition and quantification of goods and services provided by marine biodiversity: Implications for the ecosystem approach (2007)
Journal Article
Beaumont, N., Austen, M., Atkins, J., Burdon, D., Degraer, S., Dentinho, T., Derous, S., Holm, P., Horton, T., van Ierland, E., Marboe, A., Starkey, D., Townsend, M., & Zarzycki, T. (2007). Identification, definition and quantification of goods and services provided by marine biodiversity: Implications for the ecosystem approach. Marine pollution bulletin, 54(3), 253-265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.12.003

This paper identifies and defines ecosystem goods and services provided by marine biodiversity. Case studies have been used to provide an insight into the practical issues associated with the assessment of marine ecosystem goods and services at speci... Read More about Identification, definition and quantification of goods and services provided by marine biodiversity: Implications for the ecosystem approach.

An initial economic evaluation of water quality improvements in the Randers Fjord, Denmark (2006)
Journal Article
Burdon, D., & Atkins, J. P. (2006). An initial economic evaluation of water quality improvements in the Randers Fjord, Denmark. Marine pollution bulletin, 53(1-4), 195-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.09.024

Eutrophication of estuarine and coastal waters has only been recognised as a potential problem since the early 1980s. This problem is being addressed by the European Union through the implementation of recent water quality legislation, which also cal... Read More about An initial economic evaluation of water quality improvements in the Randers Fjord, Denmark.

The evolution of the racial wage hierarchy in post-apartheid South Africa (2005)
Journal Article
Allanson, P., & Atkins, J. P. (2005). The evolution of the racial wage hierarchy in post-apartheid South Africa. Journal of Development Studies, 41(6), 1023-1050. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220380500155270

This article develops a multilateral decomposition procedure for the analysis of wage differentials and applies this to the evolution of the racial wage hierarchy in South Africa over the period 1993–2001. We find evidence that the wage position of t... Read More about The evolution of the racial wage hierarchy in post-apartheid South Africa.

A Commonwealth vulnerability index for developing countries: the position of small states (2000)
Book
Atkins, J. P., Mazzi, S., & Easter, C. D. (2000). A Commonwealth vulnerability index for developing countries: the position of small states. OECD Publishing. https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848597167-en

There is growing international recognition that high economic exposure, remoteness, isolation and proneness to natural disasters all have a debilitating effect on small economies, despite the fact that some of them exhibit relatively high per capita... Read More about A Commonwealth vulnerability index for developing countries: the position of small states.