Prioritizing payment for environmental services: Using nonmarket benefits and costs for optimal selection

Ecological Economics

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 319-329

  Duke, Joshua M ^a   Dundas, Steven J ^a,c   Johnston, Robert J ^b   Messer, Kent D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit targeting; Benefit cost ratio targeting; Conservation easement; Cost targeting; Prioritization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; LAND MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PRIORITIZATION;

DELAWARE; SUSSEX COUNTY [DELAWARE]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904356435     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.06.014     Document Type: Article

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