Economic benefits of meteorological services

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-44

  Freebairn, John W ^a   Zillman, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

CONTINGENT VALUATIONS; DECISION MAKING MODELS; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; INDUSTRY SECTORS; MARGINAL BENEFIT; NATIONAL ECONOMY; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; STATE OF THE ART;

SERVICE INDUSTRY;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL SERVICES; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC GOODS;

EID: 0037905050     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482702001044     Document Type: Article

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