Debt-for-nature swaps as noncooperative outcomes

Ecological Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-146

  Chambers, Paul E ^a   Jensen, Richard ^b   Whitehead, John C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Debt for nature swaps; Forest fragmentation; Game theory

Indexed keywords

DEBT FOR NATURE SWAP; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GAME THEORY; WELFARE; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 0030274289     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8009(96)00032-8     Document Type: Article

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