A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF ACTIONS TO REDUCE STREAM TEMPERATURE AT THE WATERSHED SCALE

A cost-effectiveness frontier is developed to compare economic and environmental tradeoffs associated with planting a riparian buffer to reduce stream temperature at the watershed scale. Results indicate that total welfare change and its distribution among sectors vary between scenarios. The policy selected may differ if riparian plantings are voluntary rather than mandatory.

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Year of publication:	1998
Authors:	Mooney, Sian ; Eisgruber, Ludwig M.
Institutions:	Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA
Subject:	Environmental Economics and Policy \| Land Economics/Use

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series 1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT Number 20891
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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