Conservation tenders: Linking theory and experiments for policy assessment

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-37

  Schilizzi, Steven ^a   Latacz Lohmann, Uwe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auctions; Conservation; Economic experiments; Environmental policy; Model validation; Procurement; Tenders

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MODEL VALIDATION; POLICY ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84872802070     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2012.00602.x     Document Type: Article

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