Economic benefits of maintaining ecological integrity of Rio Mameyes, in Puerto Rico

Ecological Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-75

  González Cabán, Armando ^a   Loomis, John ^b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation method; Dichotomous choice logit model; Instream flows; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INSTREAM FLOW; LOGIT MODEL; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

PUERTO RICO, RIO MAMEYES;

EID: 0030617819     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(96)00093-6     Document Type: Article

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