The Political Transaction Costs and Uncertainties of Establishing Environmental Rights

Ecological Economics

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 299-309

  Krutilla, Kerry ^a   Alexeev, Alexander ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Environmental and Economic Risk Consulting   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Environmental policy design; Environmental rights distribution; Political economy; Rent seeking; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; RENT SEEKING; TRANSACTION COST; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84907506314     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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