Nitrogen sources and Gulf hypoxia: Potential for environmental credit trading

Ecological Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-168

  Ribaudo, Marc O ^a   Heimlich, Ralph ^b   Peters, Mark ^c  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

^c Marketing Services Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit trading; Economic modeling; Hypoxia; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; EMISSION CONTROL; HYPOXIA; MARINE POLLUTION; NITROGEN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13244254136     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.07.021     Document Type: Article

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