What's in a name? Extracting econometric drivers to assess the impact of national park designation

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 245-262

  Weiler, Stephan ^a   Seidl, Andrew ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; LAND USE PLANNING; NATIONAL PARK;

NORTH AMERICA; SAN LUIS VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242801157     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-4146.2004.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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