Taxes, subsidies, and insurance as drivers of United States coastal development

Ecological Economics

Volumn 63, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 285-298

  Bagstad, Kenneth J ^a   Stapleton, Kevin ^a   D'Agostino, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal development; Hurricane Katrina; National Flood Insurance Program; Subsidies; Taxes

Indexed keywords

2005 HURICANE KATRINA; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL PROTECTION; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; HURRICANE; INSURANCE SYSTEM; MARINE POLICY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250221731     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.09.019     Document Type: Article

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