Transaction costs in payment for environmental service contracts

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 219-238

  Peterson, Jeffrey M ^a   Smith, Craig M ^b   Leatherman, John C ^a   Hendricks, Nathan P ^a   Fox, John A ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracts; Hidden information; Microsimulation; Mixed logit; Payment for environmental services; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION; LOGIT ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 84984688382     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aau071     Document Type: Article

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