General equilibrium modelling of the direct and indirect economic impacts of water quality improvements in the Netherlands at national and river basin scale

Ecological Economics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 127-140

  Brouwer, Roy ^a   Hofkes, Marjan ^a   Linderhof, Vincent ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

General equilibrium model; Pollution abatement costs; River basin; Water Framework Directive; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; NATIONAL ECONOMY; POLLUTION POLICY; RIVER BASIN; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 43149098506     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.11.015     Document Type: Article

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