Assessing the non-timber value of forests: A revealed-preference, hedonic model

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 83-107

  Scarpa, Riccardo ^a,b   Buongiorno, Joseph ^c   Hseu, Jiin Shyang ^d   Abt, Karen Lee ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b Ctr Res Environ Appraisal Mgmt   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d Jin Wen College of Technology   (Taiwan)

^e Southern Forest Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Amenity; Markov model; Multiple use; Opportunity cost; Ownership; Price; Recreation; Timber supply

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; FOREST RESOURCE; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

ACER;

EID: 0033909646     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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