Do payments for environmental services affect forest cover? A farm-level evaluation from Costa Rica

Land Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 382-399

  Arriagada, Rodrigo A ^a   Ferraro, Paul J ^b   Sills, Erin O ^c   Pattanayak, Subhrendu K ^d   Cordero Sancho, Silvia ^e  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST COVER; HETEROGENEITY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; REMOTE SENSING;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 80955153372     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.88.2.382     Document Type: Article

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