Climate change and agriculture in Sri Lanka: A Ricardian valuation

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 581-596

  Seo, Sung No Niggol ^a   Mendelsohn, Robert ^a   Munasinghe, Mohan ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Munasinghe Institute for Development MIND   (Sri Lanka)

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EID: 27144546025     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X05002044     Document Type: Article

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