Upstream-downstream transactions and watershed externalities: Experimental evidence from Kenya

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1813-1824

  Jack, B Kelsey ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Crowding out; Investment game; Payments for environmental services; Social preferences; Trust game

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; LAND USE; WATERSHED;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; NYANZA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 62349103879     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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