Travel cost demand model based river recreation benefit estimates with on-site and household surveys: Comparative results and a correction procedure

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Loomis, John ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer surplus; Count data models; Econometrics; Endogenous stratification; River rafting demand

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; RECREATION CENTERS; SOLUTIONS; SURVEYS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

RIVER RECREATION;

RIVER BASIN PROJECTS;

ECONOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RESERVOIR; SAMPLING BIAS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 17044443023     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001832     Document Type: Article

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