Incentivizing the provision of ecosystem services

International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 299-331

  Hanley, Nick ^a   White, Ben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Agri environmental policy; Contracts; Payment for Ecosystem Services; Un observed effort

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919623881     PISSN: 19321465     EISSN: 19321473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/101.00000064     Document Type: Article

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