Using happiness surveys to value intangibles: The case of airport noise

Economic Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 500, 2005, Pages 224-246

  van Praag, Bernard M S ^a   Baarsma, Barbara E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; HOUSING MARKET; NOISE POLLUTION;

AMSTERDAM; BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 13344282032     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2004.00967.x     Document Type: Article

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