Economic and Ecological Rules for Water Quality Trading

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-69

  Horan, Richard D ^a   Shortle, James S ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental markets; Environmental regulations; Nonpoint source pollution; Point source pollution; Water quality economics; Water quality trading

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MARKET; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY ECONOMICS; WATER QUALITY TRADING;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMMERCE; COSTS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; OIL SPILLS; POLLUTION INDUCED CORROSION; TEXTBOOKS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

ABATEMENT COST; COMMODITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; MARKET SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION CONTROL; STATE ROLE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 79251512987     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2010.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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