Performance Payments for Groups: The Case of Carnivore Conservation in Northern Sweden

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 613-631

  Zabel, Astrid ^a   Bostedt, Göran ^b   Engel, Stefanie ^c  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Empirical policy assessment; Group payments; Lynx; Performance payments; Sweden; Wildlife conservation; Wolverine

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION;

GROUP PAYMENTS; LYNX; PERFORMANCE PAYMENTS; POLICY ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; WOLVERINE;

RURAL AREAS;

EID: 84920250813     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: 15731502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-013-9752-x     Document Type: Article

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