Policy dilemma of innovation: An info-gap approach

被引:12
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作者
Ben-Haim, Yakov [1 ]
Osteen, Craig D. [2 ]
Moffitt, L. Joe [3 ]
机构
[1] Technion Israel Inst Technol, Fac Mech Engn, Yitzhak Modai Chair Technol & Econ, IL-32000 Haifa, Israel
[2] USDA, Econ Res Serv, Washington, DC 20024 USA
[3] Univ Massachusetts, Dept Resource Econ, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
关键词
Innovation; Policy selection; Robustness to uncertainty; Info-gaps; Light brown apple moth; UNCERTAINTY; ROBUSTNESS;
D O I
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.08.011
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
New ideas or technologies are often advocated because of their purported improvements on existing methods. However, what is new is usually less well-known and less widely tested than what is old. New methods may entail greater unknown dangers as well as greater potential advantages. The policy maker who must choose between innovation and convention faces a dilemma of innovation. We present a methodology, based on info-gap robustness, to deal with the innovation dilemma. We illustrate the approach by examining the policy decisions for managing the light brown apple moth in California. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:130 / 138
页数:9
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