Some consumer surplus estimates for North Carolina beaches

Marine Resource Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-161

  Bin, Okmyung ^a   Landry, Craig E ^a   Ellis, Christopher L ^a   Vogelsong, Hans ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach access; Consumer surplus; Travel cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845250355     PISSN: 07381360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/mre.20.2.42629466     Document Type: Article

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