Extending market allocation to ecosystem services: Moral and practical implications on a full and unequal planet

Ecological Economics

Volumn 117, Issue , 2015, Pages 244-252

  Farley, Joshua ^a   Schmitt Filho, Abdon ^b   Burke, Matthew ^a   Farr, Marigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Essential resources; Income inequality; Inelastic demand; Market based instruments

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MARKET SYSTEM; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 84938957914     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.06.021     Document Type: Article

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