A 'quick and dirty' travel cost model

Tourism Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 325-335

  Stoeckl, Natalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Multiple site visitors; On site costs; Travel cost; Welfare estimates

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 0142057105     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135481660300900306     Document Type: Article

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