A Uniform Price Auction for Conservation Easements in the Canadian Prairies

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-60

  Brown, Laura K ^a   Troutt, Elizabeth ^a   Edwards, Cynthia ^c   Gray, Brian ^c,d   Hu, Wanjing ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^c DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA   (Canada)

^d NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation contracts; Conservation easements; Land preservation; Multi unit auction; Uniform price auction; Valuation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; RESOURCE VALUATION;

CANADIAN PRAIRIE; CONSERVATION EASEMENTS; MULTI-UNIT AUCTION; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS; RESERVE PRICE; UNIFORM PRICE AUCTION; WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT;

COSTS;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LANDOWNER; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PRAIRIE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CANADA;

EID: 80051670515     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-011-9461-2     Document Type: Article

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