Factors that influence transaction costs in development offsets: Who bears what and why?

Ecological Economics

Volumn 88, Issue , 2013, Pages 222-231

  Coggan, Anthea ^a,b   Buitelaar, Edwin ^c,d   Whitten, Stuart ^a   Bennett, Jeff ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Development offsets; Environmental policy; Influencing factors; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; TRANSACTION COST;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84875279575     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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