Incentivizing and tendering conservation contracts: The trade-off between participation and effort provision

Land Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 273-291

  Schilizzi, Steven ^a,b   Latacz Lohmann, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INCENTIVE; LANDOWNER; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84962446756     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: 15438325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.92.2.273     Document Type: Article

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