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The Economics of Rural and Agricultural Ecosystem Services: Purism versus Practicality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Dana Marie Bauer  and
Robert J. Johnston
Dana Marie Bauer*
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Environment at Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
Robert J. Johnston
Affiliation:
George Perkins Marsh Institute and professor in the Department of Economics at Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts
*
Department of Earth and Environment ▪ Boston University ▪ 685 Commonwealth Avenue ▪ Boston, MA 02215 ▪ Phone 617.353.7555 ▪ Email bauer@bu.edu.

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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 42 , Issue 1 , April 2013 , pp. iii - xv
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