Does ignoring multidestination trips in the travel cost method cause a systematic bias?

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 629-651

  Kuosmanen, Timo ^a   Nillesen, Eleonora ^a   Wesseler, Justus ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ELASTICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BELLENDEN KER NATIONAL PARK; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

EID: 12244275027     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2004.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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