Valuation of natural resource improvements in the Adirondacks

Land Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 445-464

  Banzhaf, H Spencer ^a   Burtraw, Dallas ^a   Evans, David ^a   Krupnick, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; NATURAL RESOURCE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ADIRONDACK PARK; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747023067     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.82.3.445     Document Type: Article

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