Fixed-effects hedonic price model for statistical value of live estimations

Transport Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 487-500

  Riera, Pere ^a   Mhawej, Abir ^a   Mavsar, Robert ^a   Brey, Raul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEDONIC ANALYSIS; PLANNING METHOD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

EID: 33744779656     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441640600602336     Document Type: Article

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