The potential for REDD+: Key economic modeling insights and issues

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-90

  Lubowski, Ruben N ^a   Rose, Steven K ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

^b ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; REFORESTATION;

EID: 84873823157     PISSN: 17506816     EISSN: 17506824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reep/res024     Document Type: Article

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