Conservation payments under uncertainty

Land Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 36-56

  Engel, Stefanie ^a,b,c   Palmer, Charles ^a,b,c   Taschini, Luca ^a,b,c   Urech, Simon ^a,b,c  

^a Environmental Policy and Economics Department of Environmental Sciences Institute for Environmental Decisions   (Switzerland)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Environmental Sciences Institute for Environmental Decisions   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; LANDOWNER; SOYBEAN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84921629799     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: 15438325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.91.1.36     Document Type: Article

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