Pricing the ecosystem and taxing ecosystem services: A general equilibrium approach

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1589-1616

  Eichner, Thomas ^a   Pethig, Rüdiger ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomass; Ecosystem services; Land

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649386864     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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