Time preferences and the management of coral reef fisheries

Ecological Economics

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 130-139

  Johnson, Ayana Elizabeth ^a   Saunders, Daniel Kaiser ^b  

^a CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artisanal fishing; Coral reefs; Discount factors; Discounting; Fisheries management; Present bias; SCUBA diving; Time preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894473659     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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