The value of water quality improvements in the region Berlin-Brandenburg as a function of distance and state residency

This study uses a discrete choice experiment (DCE) to elicit willingness to pay estimates for changes in the water quality of three rivers. As many regions the metropolitan region Berlin-Brandenburg struggles to achieve the objectives of the Water Framework Directive until 2015. A major problem is the high load of nutrients. As the region is part of two states (Länder) and the river sections are common throughout the whole region we account for the spatial context twofold. Firstly, we incorporate the distance between each respondent and all river stretches in all MNL and RPL models, and, secondly, we consider whether respondents reside in the state of Berlin or Brandenburg. The compensating variation (CV) calculated for various scenarios shows that overall people would significantly benefit from improved water quality. The CV measures, however, also reveal that not considering the spatial context would result in severely biased welfare measures. While the distance decay effect lowers CV, state residency is connected to the frequency of status quo choices and not accounting for residency would underestimate possible welfare gains in one state. Another finding is that the extent of the market varies with respect to attributes (river stretches) and attribute levels (water quality levels).

Geschichte der Juden in Brandenburg a. H.

nach gedr. u. ungedr. Quellen dargest. u. mit urkundl. Beil. hrsg. von A. Ackermann

Annalen der Juden in den preußischen Staaten besonders in der Mark Brandenburg

[Anton Balthasar König]

Herrn Ober-Bürgermeister von Brandenburg Ziegler's vierzehn Tage als Abgeordneter zur Berliner National-Versammlung

Boberach: Die Rechtfertigungsschrift Zieglers: "Vierzehn Tage als Abgeordneter : eine Äußerung an meine Wähler" (1848 Dezember) wird ironisch zurückgewiesen

Die Bürgerwehr besonders in Berlin : in der Sitzung des Vereins für Geschichte der Mark Brandenburg am 12. April vorgetragen

Boberach: Die Berliner Bürgerwehr wird in die Tradition der Bürgeraufgebote von 1440 und 1626, der 1515 und 1705 erlassenen Vorschriften für die Bewaffnung und der erst 1825 aufgehobenen Bürgerwehr gestellt