Voluntary approaches to environmental protection and resource management

Annual Review of Resource Economics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 161-180

  Segerson, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Negotiated agreements; Payments for ecosystem services; Public voluntary programs; Self regulation; Unilateral initiatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886886733     PISSN: 19411340     EISSN: 19411359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-resource-091912-151945     Document Type: Article

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