Sonia Akter

Qualifications:

PhD programme:

Environmental Management and Development

Supervisor(s) and panel members:

Professor Jeff Bennett
Dr. Michael Ward

Topic title and description:

Household Preferences for the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme in Australia

Publications:

Selected Journal Publications

• Akter, S., Brouwer, R., Brander, L. and Beukering, van P. (2009), ‘Respondent uncertainty in a contingent market for carbon offsets’, Ecological Economics, 68 (6) pp1858-1863

• Akter, S., Brouwer, R., Choudhury, S. and Aziz, S. (2009) ‘Is there a commercially viable market for crop insurance in rural Bangladesh?’ Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Vol.14(3), pp 215-229.

• Akter, S., Bennett, J. and Akhter, S. (2008) ‘Preference uncertainty in contingent valuation’ Ecological Economics. Vol. 67(3), pp 345-351

• Akter, S., (2008) ‘Understanding the power outage cost of residential consumers in Dhaka city.’ South Asian Journal of Management, Vol. 15 (1), pp 64-75

• Akter, S., Hossain, B and Hossain, M (2008), ‘Economic valuation of health risk exposure of restaurant consumers in Dhaka city’, Health, Risk and Society. Vol. 10(2), pp 181-193

• Akter, S., (2008), ‘Determinants of willingness to pay for arsenic safe drinking water: A case study in Bangladesh’, Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution. Vol. 5(3), pp 85-91

Working Papers

• Akter, S. and Bennett, J. (2009) Household perceptions of climate change and preferences for mitigation action: the case of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme in Australia, EERH Research Report No.19
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• Akter, S., Bennett J.(2009), Estimating non-market values under scenario and policy ambiguity: the case of climate change mitigation in Australia, EERH Research Report No.32
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• Akter, S. and Grafton, R.Q. (2009), Environmental Value Transfer and Species Conservation, EERH Research Report No.26
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• Grafton, R.Q., Akter, S. and Kompas, T. (2009) Guide to the Ex-Ante Socio-Economic Evaluation of Marine Protected Areas, EERH Research Report No.27
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• Akter, S. and Bennett, J. (2009) Household perceptions of climate change and preferences for mitigation action: the case of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme in Australia, EERH Research Report No.19
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• Akter, S., Brouwer, R., Chowdhury, S. and Aziz, S. (2007) ‘Testing reliability and construct validity of in-kind WTP responses in contingent valuation’, PREM WP 07-07.
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Conference Papers

• Akter, S. and Bennett, J. (2009) A cognitive psychological approach of analysing preference uncertainty in contingent valuation, 53rd Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference, Cairns, February 11-13, 2009
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• Akter, S., Brouwer, R., Chowdhury, S., Aziz, S., French, L. and Silver, E. (2008) Introducing a micro-flood insurance market in Bangladesh: institutional design and commercial viability, 16the Annual Conference of European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, June 25-28, 2008, Gothenburg, Sweden
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• Akter, S., Brouwer, R., Chowdhury, S. and Aziz, S. (2008) ‘Determinants of participation in a catastrophe insurance programme: empirical evidence from a developing Country, Conference paper, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, 52nd Annual Conference 2008
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Policy Briefs and Media Release

• Crop insurance in Bangladesh: protecting poor farmers against natural disasters?
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• Socio-economic vulnerability to flood risks in Bangladesh: How do poor people cope?
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• Farmers need insurance coverage for flood damage, The Daily Star, Wednesday, July 4, 2007.
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Employment history:

Lecturer, Department of Economics, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
(from 09/2003 to 12/2006); (on study leave from 01/2007-)

Lecturer, Department of Economics, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
(from 09/2001 to 07/2002)

Lecturer, School of Business, Asian University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
(from 04/2000 to 08/2001)

Personal information

Area of research interest:

• Risk and uncertainty
• Stated preference
• Environment and development

Mailing address:

Crawford School of Economics and Government
J.G. Crawford Building (Bldg 13)
Australian National University
Canberra, ACT 0200
Australia