Landowners' conservation motives and the size of information rents in environmental bidding systems

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 128-148

  Juutinen, Artti ^a,b   Mäntymaa, Erkki ^a   Ollikainen, Markku ^c  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Competitive bidding; Information rents; Payments for ecosystem services; Voluntary participation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

BIDDING SYSTEMS; COMPETITIVE BIDDING; CONSERVATION COSTS; CONSERVATION PROGRAMS; HARTMAN MODELS; INFORMATION RENTS; PAYMENTS FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION;

COST EFFECTIVENESS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; LANDOWNER; RENTAL SECTOR;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

FINLAND;

EID: 84876105593     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: 16181530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfe.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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