Modelling unobserved heterogeneity in contingent valuation of health risks

Applied Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 2315-2325

  Araña, Jorge E ^a   León, Carmelo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; MODELING; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 33749660784     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500427460     Document Type: Article

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