Reducing barriers in future benefit transfers: Needed improvements in primary study design and reporting

Ecological Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 343-350

  Loomis, John B ^a   Rosenberger, Randall S ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit transfer; Non market valuation; Protocol; Validity

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; RESEARCH; VALUATION;

EID: 33750147543     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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