Economics and environmental markets: Lessons from water-quality trading

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-74

  Shortle, James ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental markets; Water quality trading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878825328     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500007619     Document Type: Article

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