Date
Sept. 1, 2005
Authors
Roger A. Sedjo and Brent Sohngen
Publication
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Roger A. Sedjo
Senior Fellow Emeritus
Brent L. Sohngen
University Fellow
Brent Sohngen is a university fellow at RFF. He conducts research on the economics of land use change, the design of incentive mechanisms for water and carbon trading, carbon sequestration, and valuation of environmental resources.
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