Permanence discounting for land-based carbon sequestration

Ecological Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 763-769

  Kim, Man Keun ^a   McCarl, Bruce A ^b   Murray, Brian C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Discount; Permanence

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISCOUNT RATE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MAINTENANCE; TILLAGE;

EID: 38149076407     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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