Price premiums for eco-friendly commodities: Are 'green' markets the best way to protect endangered ecosystems?

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 419-438

  Ferraro, Paul J ^a   Uchida, Toshihiro ^b   Conrad, Jon M ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Dynamic efficiency; Eco label; Ecosystem; Payments; Subsidies

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MARKETING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

DYNAMIC EFFICIENCY; ECO-LABEL; ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION; PAYMENTS; SUBSIDIES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOLABELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PRICE DYNAMICS; PUBLIC GOODS; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

EID: 27144494923     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-005-7962-6     Document Type: Article

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