Auctions for conservation contracts: An empirical examination of Victoria's BushTender trial

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 477-500

  Stoneham, Gary ^a   Chaudhri, Vivek ^b   Ha, Arthur ^a   Strappazzon, Loris ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; LANDOWNER; NATURE CONSERVATION; RESOURCE ECONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

VICTORIA;

EID: 3242742936     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2003.t01-1-00224.x     Document Type: Article

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