Exotic forest insects and residential property values

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 155-166

  Holmes, Thomas P ^a   Murphy, Elizabeth A ^b   Bell, Kathleen P ^c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic impacts; General spatial model; Hedonic property values; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

ADELGIDAE; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33744937622     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500010121     Document Type: Conference Paper

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