The economic valuation of biodiversity as an abstract good

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1707-1714

  Meinard, Yves ^a,b,c   Grill, Philippe ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Counterfactuals; Economic valuation; Institutions; Theory of justice

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; PHILOSOPHY; PUBLIC GOODS;

EID: 79959849968     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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