Time Discounting and the Overexploitation of Coral Reefs

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 91-114

  Teh, Louise S L ^a   Teh, Lydia C L ^a   Sumaila, U Rashid ^a   Cheung, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation; Coral reef fisheries; Discount rates; Fisheries sustainability; Time discounting

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; REEFS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; CORAL REEF; DISCOUNT RATES; FISHERIES ECONOMICS; FISHERIES POLICY; FISHERY RESOURCES; OVEREXPLOITATION; TIME DISCOUNTING;

FISHERIES;

EID: 84929522567     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: 15731502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-013-9674-7     Document Type: Article

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