Linking social norms to efficient conservation investment in payments for ecosystem services

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 28, 2009, Pages 11812-11817

  Chen, Xiaodong ^a   Lupi, Frank ^a   He, Guangming ^a   Liu, Jianguo ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Grain to green program; Program re enrollment; Stated choice; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ECOSYSTEM; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; INVESTMENTS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

EID: 67650899073     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809980106     Document Type: Article

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