Environmental economics and the conflation of value and benefit

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1426-1432

  Sagoff, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; NATIONAL PARK SERVICE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PARKS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ARTICLE; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; POLICY;

EID: 0034655702     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es990674d     Document Type: Article

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