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Designing payments for environmental services in theory and practice

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ID12184656
AuthorsStefanie Engel (0000-0002-3568-5500, ETH Zurich, corresponding author), Stefano Pagiola (World Bank), Sven Wunder (0000-0002-9422-0260)
Year2008
Volume65
Issue4
Pages663-674
Publication date2008-04-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEcological Economics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0921-8009 • E-ISSN: 1873-6106
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.03.011
OpenAlexW2153509701
LanguageEN
Citations received588
References cited43

Beneficiary · Business · Computer security · Economics · Ecosystem · Ecosystem services · Environmental economics · Externality · Government (linguistics · Incentive · Mechanism Design · Microeconomics · Payment · Payment for ecosystem services · Principal (computer security · Public economics · Scope (computer science · Set (abstract data type · Climate Change Policy and Economics · Computer Science · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Finance

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Highly citedYes
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