Transaction costs economics of irreplaceability: Ex ante and ex post evaluation of conservation networks' vulnerability to environmental shocks

Environmental Management

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 551-565

  Huusom, Henrik ^a   Strange, Niels ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asset specificity; Denmark; Nature conservation networks; Policy instrument choice; Transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

ASSET SPECIFICITY; NATURE CONSERVATION NETWORKS; POLICY INSTRUMENT CHOICE; TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; POLICY MAKING; PROTECTED AREA; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHY; PLANNING; POLICY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DENMARK; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 41549092828     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-007-9061-7     Document Type: Article

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