Time inconsistent resource conservation contracts

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 454-468

  Gulati, Sumeet ^a   Vercammen, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation payments; Resource conservation contracts; Time inconsistency

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCHEDULING;

CONSERVATION PAYMENTS; PENALTY; RESOURCE CONSERVATION CONTRACTS; TIME INCONSISTENCY;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

POLICY MAKING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 33745610128     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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