Natural resource damage assessment methods: Lessons in simplicity from state trustees

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 504-519

  Ando, Amy W ^a   Khanna, Madhu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 7544235837     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cep/byh037     Document Type: Review

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