A dynamic principal-agent model of human-mediated aquatic species invasions

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 144-154

  Macpherson, Alexander J ^a   Moore, Rebecca ^b   Provencher, Bill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic optimization; Eurasion watermilfoil; Invasive species; Principal agent; Random utility model

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA; MYRIOPHYLLUM; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM;

EID: 33744939242     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S106828050001011X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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