Elicitation of Expert Opinion in Benefit Transfer of Environmental Goods

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 199-210

  León, Carmelo J ^a   Vázquez Polo, Francisco José ^a   González, Roberto León ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benefit transfer; Expert opinion; National Parks; Prior elicitation techniques

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BENEFIT TRANSFER; EMPIRICAL DATA;

ECONOMICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOODS EXCHANGE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL PARK;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 0345359857     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026307420804     Document Type: Article

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