Assessing the performance of conservation auctions: An experimental study

Land Economics

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 497-515

  Schilizzi, Steven ^a   Latacz Lohmann, Uwe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LANDHOLDING; NATURE CONSERVATION;

EID: 37049035058     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.83.4.497     Document Type: Article

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