A comparison of contingent valuation and choice modelling with second-order interactions

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-30

  Mogas, Joan ^a   Riera, Pere ^b   Bennett, Jeff ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choice modelling; Contingent valuation; Forest externalities; Second order interactions; Welfare measures

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CHOICE MODELLING; CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD; FOREST EXTERNALITIES; SECOND-ORDER INTERACTIONS; WELFARE MEASURES;

FORESTRY;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; MODELING; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

COMPUTATION; ESTIMATION; FORESTATION; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 32644440572     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: 16181530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfe.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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