Linking policies for biodiversity conservation with advances in behavioral economics

Singapore Economic Review

Volumn 50, Issue SPEC. ISS. 1, 2006, Pages 449-462

  Tisdell, Clem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Biodiversity; Contingent valuation; Experimental economics; Travel cost method

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY;

EID: 33645474232     PISSN: 02175908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217590805002141     Document Type: Article

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