The Noah's Ark Problem

Econometrica

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1279-1298

  Weitzman, Martin L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Diversity theory; Endangered species

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000300892     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2999617     Document Type: Article

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