Elasticities of Demand and Willingness to Pay for Environmental Services in Sweden

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 361-383

  Hökby, Stina ^a   Söderqvist, Tore ^b  

^a SWEDISH TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Demand for public goods; Environmental justice; Environmental services; Eutrophication; Income distribution; Income elasticity; Price elasticity

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; WAGES;

PROFITABILITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; DEMAND ELASTICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; KUZNETS CURVE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 0042897945     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EARE.0000003581.97411.75     Document Type: Article

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