Maria Xosé Vázquez

Maria Xosé Vázquez
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  • Lecturer at University of Vigo

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Introduction
Maria Xosé Vázquez currently works at the Department of Applied Economics, University of Vigo. Maria does research in Environmental Economics. Their most recent publication is 'Valuation of terrestrial and marine biodiversity losses caused by forest wildfires'.
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University of Vigo
Current position
  • Lecturer
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September 1998 - present
University of Vigo
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  • Lecturer

Publications

Publications (48)
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This study presents an economic valuation survey to estimate the social demand of a convenience sample for undertaking forest management measures aimed at reducing the negative impact of forest fires on terrestrial and marine ecosystems. The paper spans the traditional focus in forest economics by considering also the negative effects caused by for...
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Commercial fishing cannot in itself satisfy the growing demand for seafood, so Spanish aquaculture has expanded considerably over the past few decades. The country's great potential for aquaculture reflects the natural conditions Spain offers for farming marine species. Consumers have learned to identify products’ origins and hence to associate som...
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This paper presents a choice experiment analyzing the consumers' preferences towards a policy for replacing conventional electricity with electricity generated from forest biomass. The results show that consumers specially prefer the effects related to the lower risk of forest fires and to the decrease in pressure on non-renewable resources. The ar...
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Within the concept of the social cost of an oil slick we wish to include an overall economic valuation of the damages in one single summary of costs, a summary that will be useful 1 not only – or even chiefly – for purposes of cash compensations, but rather, most of all, to justify the need for a change in
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Recent issues of this journal have presented an interesting debate regarding forest fires in Galicia, Spain. This article proposes a forest-energy programme that will contribute to reducing the risk of forest fires in this Atlantic Region of Southern Europe. We apply the contingent valuation method to assess a programme whereby 10% of the electrici...
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Este libro reúne as achegas dun grupo de especialistas relacionados coa economía e co mar e procedentes das tres universidades galegas, de institutos e centros de investigación e divulgacón mariños. Galicia ten unha ampla e profunda tradición mariña e marítima. En Galicia, cultura, economía e sociedade están fortemente vencelladas ao mar. Somos cad...
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This paper presents a parametric and non-parametric analysis of data from a contingent valuation study (CVM) conducted to estimate environmental use and passive use losses due to the Prestige oil spill. This is the first CVM study conducted in Europe after a large oil spill. The CVM survey was implemented using in person interviews. Mean willingnes...
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Renewable energy sources are expected to represent a growing proportion of the primary energy sources for the production of electricity. Environmental and social reasons support this tendency. European and Spanish energy plans assign a role of primary importance to biomass in general and, especially, to forest biomass for the period up to 2010. Thi...
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In this article, we analyze social preferences for a partial substitution programme of electricity generated by conventional energy sources, for energy generated from a local renewable energy source, such as forest biomass. This analysis sets arguments in favour of accelerating the introduction of this renewable technology in the Spanish Electricit...
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El artículo describe una aplicación de valoración contingente para analizar pérdidas de bienestar cau-sadas por el ruido en el trazado ferroviario que conecta Galicia con Portugal. Como objetivos adicio-nales, se analiza el papel de la especificación temporal asociada al medio de pago en la valoración, así como el funcionamiento de las escalas de p...
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The article describes an application of contingent valuation to estimate welfare losses caused by noise pollution in the railway line connecting Galicia and Portugal. In addition, temporary specification related to the payment vehicle in the valuation and the internationally used rating scales of annoyance perception were analyzed. Parametric, Non-...
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La importante presencia de puertos deportivos en las costas gallegas y las previsiones de crecimiento en la oferta de plazas de atraque invitan a la reflexión sobre su incidencia en el bienestar de la sociedad. Es por esto que la incorporación en el análisis coste-beneficio de los costes sociales asociados resulta útil y necesaria para una asignaci...
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The article describes an application of contingent valuation to estimate welfare losses caused by noise pollution in the railway line connecting Galicia and Portugal. In addition, temporary specification related to the payment vehicle in the valuation and the internationally used rating scales of annoyance were applied to the analysis of the data....
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The social losses arising from the Prestige oil spill exceed the compensation granted under the IOPC (International Oil Pollution Compensation) system, with losses estimated at 15 times more than the applicable limit of compensations. This is far above the level of costs for which those responsible for hydrocarbons spills are liable. The highest ma...
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On November 13, 2002, the Prestige tanker, loaded with about 77,000 tonnes of fuel-oil, had an accident in front of Fisterra (Galicia, NW Spain), sinking six days later with 60,000 tonnes of fuel in the tanks and provoking the longest and most extensive, in affected area, black tide on the Spanish coast. According to official data, the Prestige rel...
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En este artículo presentamos un análisis de percepción social sobre la generación de electricidad con fuentes de energía renovables en Galicia. Realizamos una encuesta de percepción a una muestra representativa de la población gallega. El análisis de respuestas nos permite analizar diferentes cuestiones de percepción o de conocimiento sobre la estr...
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Neste artigo presentamos unha análise de percepción social sobre a xeración de electricidade con fontes de enerxía renovables en Galicia. Realizamos unha enquisa de percepción a unha mostra representativa da poboación galega. A análise de respostas permítenos analizar diferentes cuestións de percepción ou de coñecemento sobre a estrutura de consumo...
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El artículo presenta los resultados de un experimento para conocer la percepción de la población urbana sobre diferentes aspectos de la gestión de áreas de montaña del noroeste español. El objetivo era identificar los aspectos de la gestión más claramente percibidos por la población potencialmente demandante de los servicios recreativos y paisajíst...
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In this paper, we present a social perception analysis of electricity generation from renewable sources in Galicia. We carried out a survey, applied to a representative sample of Galician population. The analysis of answers allows us to research different assumptions on perception or knowledge of the consumption and electricity production structure...
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The Prestige oil spill may be considered as one of the worst in the last years because of the amount of oil spilled (59,000 tons at the moment) and the wide zone affected: almost all the coastline in Galicia (Spanish region with a very important coast fishing and tourist activity) and some points in North Spain and in Southwest France. In this pape...
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The estimation of economic benefits of health effects through direct methods, such as contingent valuation, presents the problem of preference imprecision. This paper deals with this problem by proposing an elicitation method that allows the subject to state an interval for willingness to pay, without inducing any specific amount as a response. The...
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Desastres medio-ambientales como el ocasionado por el buque Prestige son habituales en las costas españolas. En este artículo se realiza una revisión sobre el papel y la efectividad de las diferentes medidas y políticas de gestión habitualmente utilizadas para reducir la contaminación marina. También se revisa la sucesión de deficiencias en los mec...
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Contenido: 1) Introducción; 2) La sustentabilidad del desarrollo económico; 3) El medio ambiente y los fallos del mercado; 4) La evaluación económica del medio ambiente; 5) Métodos para estimar el valor económico del medio ambiente; 6) Experiencias de valoración de bienes ambientales; 7) Fundamentos y diseño de la política ambiental; 8) La práctica...
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Contingent valuation is being increasingly used to value episodes of ill health caused by environmental pollution. In contrast to studies that have used contingent valuation to value other types of non-market goods, health episode valuation studies have tended to 1) value several ill health episodes or symptoms in the same survey, and 2) be vague i...
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The benefits for specific health impacts related to air and water quality were measured in simultaneous contingent valuation surveys conducted in five different European countries. Consistent inter-country differences in willingness to pay to avoid ill health episodes could not be explained by measurable differences in individual characteristics. I...
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Altruism is a type of non-use value which can have different definitions depending on the type of goods entering the utility function of the altruists and their expectations about the contributions of others. The purpose of this paper is to measure the trade-offs between different types of altruist values originating from social and environmental p...
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Este artículo analiza la relevancia del comportamiento inconsistente en los resultados de un experimento de elección aplicado a la valoración de políticas para reducir el riesgo de efectos en la salud de la contaminación del aire procedente de una central termo-eléctrica. Para ello se diferencian dos tipos de inconsistencia dependiendo de si los in...
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Abstract Altruism is a type of non-use value which can have different definitions depending on the
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This article presents results from an experiment into attribute perception and relevant levels for management of woodland and mountain areas typical of the Iberian Peninsula's Atlantic region. The aim, which the authors argue has been robustly reached, was to identify those aspects of forestry policy clearly perceived by citizens. This is useful fo...
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La estimación económica de los beneficios para la salud de las políticas de control de contaminación requieren la aplicación de métodos directos como la valoración contingente, pues ésta es la única metodología que permite realizar esta estimación antes de que la política sea aplicada, y además proporciona una valoración más completa que los método...
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La estimación económica de los beneficios para la salud de las políticas de control de contaminación requieren la aplicación de métodos directos como la valoración contingente, pues ésta es la única metodología que permite realizar esta estimación antes de que la política sea aplicada, y además proporciona una valoración más completa que los método...
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En este trabajo se describen los resultados de un experimento de elección diseñado para obtener el valor económico de los beneficios para la salud de una población afectada por las emisiones atmosféricas de una central termo-eléctrica en Gran Canaria. El método permite obtener la disposición a pagar de los individuos por mejoras en salud, definidas...
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This book chapter presents a summary of a contingent valuation study conducted to measure the passive use values lost in the Prestige oil spill. It contains a description of the survey used, a description of the population which took part in the study and the main results. Results indicate that on average, survey participants are willing to pay abo...
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El presente artículo ilustra la utilidad de los métodos de valoración económica de bienes sin mercado para la gestión pública en general, y como guía para la planificación de espacios naturales ecológica y paisajísticamente valiosos en particular. Después de ubicar histórica y geográficamente el origen y evolución de estos métodos, así como el pape...
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La estimación del valor económico de la salud proporciona información útil para la evaluación eficiente de las políticas con repercusiones sobre la salud, como por ejemplo la adopción de tecnologías médicas de tratamiento y prevención, o la adopción de políticas de control de contaminación. La estimación a través de métodos discretos, como la valor...
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A importante presenza de portos deportivos nas costas galegas e as previsións de crecemento na oferta de prazas de atracada invitan á reflexión sobre a súa incidencia no benestar da sociedade. É por isto que a incorporación na análise custo-beneficio dos custos sociais asociados resulta útil e necesaria para unha asignación eficiente dos recursos d...
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In this article the authors analyze the private costs of different power generation technologies and examine the situation of these costs regarding the revenues from electricity sales in the current framework of public regulation of diversification and renewability in Spain. We will demonstrate that the use of forest biomass in electricity generati...
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La estimación de los beneficios económicos de las políticas sanitarias a través de métodos directos, como la valoración contingente, presenta el problema de la imprecisión de las preferencias. En este artículo se aborda este problema proponiendo un formato para la pregunta de valoración que permite a los individuos declarar un intervalo de valores...

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