Controlling a biological invasion: A non-classical dynamic economic model

Economic Theory

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 453-469

  Olson, Lars J ^a   Roy, Santanu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Intertemporal allocation; Invasive species; Nonconvexities; Renewable resource economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 45949083164     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-007-0281-0     Document Type: Article

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