Economic incentives for controlling trade-related biological invasions in the Great Lakes

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-89

  Horan, Richard D ^a   Lupi, Frank ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic nuisance species; Ballast water; Environmental subsidies; Performance based incentives; Risk management; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744454731     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500001581     Document Type: Conference Paper

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