Marketed outputs and non-marketed ecosystem services: The evaluation of marginal costs

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 573-603

  Sauer, Johannes ^a   Wossink, Ada ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ecosystem services; green payments; non separability; policy evaluation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; PANEL DATA;

EID: 84879464386     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbs040     Document Type: Article

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