Appropriate fees for wilderness day use: Pricing decisions for recreation on public land

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 269-280

  Richer, Jerrell Ross ^a,c   Christensen, Neal A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriate price; Fairness; Wilderness user fees; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005462780     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.1999.11949867     Document Type: Article

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