Pattern formation, spatial externalities and regulation in coupled economic-ecological systems

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-164

  Brock, William ^a   Xepapadeas, Anastasios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diffusion instability; Pattern formation; Reaction diffusion; Regulation; Spatial externalities

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC AGENTS; FINITE DIMENSIONAL; INFINITE DIMENSIONAL; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEM; PATTERN FORMATION; REACTION-DIFFUSION; REGULATORY SCHEMES; SEMI ARID; SOCIAL PLANNERS; SPATIAL EXTERNALITIES; STATE VARIABLES;

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FOURIER SERIES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PROFITABILITY;

ECONOMICS;

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REGULATORY APPROACH; SEMIARID REGION; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EID: 74649086790     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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