Motivation crowding by economic incentives in conservation policy: A review of the empirical evidence

Ecological Economics

Volumn 109, Issue , 2015, Pages 80-92

  Rode, Julian ^a   Gómez Baggethun, Erik ^b,c   Krause, Torsten ^d  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conservation; Economic incentives; Motivation crowding; Payments for ecosystem services; Policy instruments

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INCENTIVE; NATURE CONSERVATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84920146633     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.09.029     Document Type: Article

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