David Pearce and the economic valuation of biodiversity

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-109

  Simpson, R David ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriation; Biodiversity; Development; Ethics; Market failure; Policy failure; Stated preference; Valuation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECISION THEORY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; PUBLIC POLICY;

ETHICS; MARKET FAILURE; POLICY FAILURE; STATED PREFERENCE;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ETHICS; RESOURCE ECONOMY; VALUATION;

EID: 34249097104     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-007-9109-4     Document Type: Article

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