Flexible mixture distribution modeling of dichotomous choice contingent valuation with heterogenity

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 170-188

  Araña, Jorge E ^a,b   León, Carmelo J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Contingent valuation; Flexible distributions; Heterogeneity; Normal mixture; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RECREATIONAL FACILITIES;

DICHOTOMOUS CHOICE CONTINGENT VALUATION; FLEXIBLE MIXTURE DISTRIBUTION; HETEROSKEDASTICITY; SEMI-PARAMETRIC MODEL;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 20444420156     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2004.05.009     Document Type: Article

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