Ecosystem services under benefit and cost uncertainty: An application to soil carbon sequestration

Land Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 668-686

  Rabotyagov, Sergey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL CARBON; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 78049261569     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.86.4.668     Document Type: Article

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