Scoring two-dimensional bids: How cost-effective are agri-environmental auctions?

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-165

  Glebe, Thilo W ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TUM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agri environmental policy; Auctions; Cost effectiveness; Information asymmetry; Mechanism design; Multi dimensional bid scoring conservation contracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949136519     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbn024     Document Type: Article

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