Poverty, risk, and the supply of soil carbon sequestration

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 353-373

  Graff Zivin, Joshua ^a   Lipper, Leslie ^b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

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EID: 44049083214     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X08004300     Document Type: Article

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