Genetic diversity and interdependent crop choices in agriculture

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-184

  Heal, Geoffrey ^a   Walker, Brian ^b   Levin, Simon ^c   Arrow, Kenneth ^d   Dasgupta, Partha ^e   Daily, Gretchen ^d   Ehrlich, Paul ^d   Maler, Karl Goran ^f   Kautsky, Nils ^g   Lubchenco, Jane ^h   Schneider, Steve ^d   Starrett, David ^d  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics   (Sweden)

^g STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; External effect; Genetic diversity; Nash equilibrium

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CROPS; ECOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

PATHOGENS;

AGRICULTURE;

BIODIVERSITY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; PATHOGEN;

EID: 12144286430     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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