Irreversible investment under uncertainty: Conservation easements and the option to develop agricultural land

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 203-219

  Tegene, Abebayehu ^a   Wiebe, Keith ^a   Kuhn, Betsey ^b  

^a Resource Economics Division

^b USDA's Economic Research Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; INVESTMENT; UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032790999     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1999.tb00808.x     Document Type: Article

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