Alternative green payment policies when multiple benefits matter

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 148-158

  Zhao, Jinhua ^a   Kurkalova, Lyubov A ^a   Kling, Catherine L ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Conservation policy; Environmental Lorenz Curve; Multiple environmental benefits; Targeting

Indexed keywords

EID: 8344289740     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500005700     Document Type: Article

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