Estimating the existence value of north forests of Iran by using a contingent valuation method

Ecological Economics

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 665-675

  Amirnejad, Hamid ^a   Khalilian, Sadegh ^a   Assareh, Mohammad H ^b   Ahmadian, Majid ^c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTS AND RANGELANDS   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Existence value; Logit model; North forests of Iran; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST PRODUCT; LOGIT ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MODEL; NATURAL RESOURCE; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

ASIA; CASPIAN SEA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33744515740     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2005.08.015     Document Type: Article

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