Thresholds in concave renewable resource models

Ecological Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 259-267

  Wirl, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Concavity; Critical natural capital; Renewable resources; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; MODEL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 1242276546     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2003.09.008     Document Type: Article

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