A comparison of stated preference methods for environmental valuation

Ecological Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-253

  Boxall, Peter C ^a   Adamowicz, Wiktor L ^b   Swait, Joffre ^c   Williams, Michael ^d   Louviere, Jordan ^e  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Intelligent Marketing Systems   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choice experiment model; Contingent valuation; Environmental valuation; Moose; Recreational hunting

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY CHANGE; METHODOLOGICAL EVALUATION; MOOSE; RECREATIONAL HUNTING;

EID: 0030222686     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8009(96)00039-0     Document Type: Article

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