Case study of agri-environmental payments: The United Kingdom

Ecological Economics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 765-775

  Dobbs, Thomas L ^a,b   Pretty, Jules ^a,b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environmental programs; Common Agricultural Policy; Countryside Stewardship Scheme; Environmentally Sensitive Areas; Externalities; Payments for environmental services; Public goods; Stewardship payments

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; INCENTIVE; PUBLIC GOODS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 43049131820     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.07.030     Document Type: Article

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