'Adopt a hypothetical pup': A count data approach to the valuation of wildlife

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 335-360

  Martinez Espineira R ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Count data; Coyotes; Wildlife; Willingness to pay; Zero inflated count data models

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VEHICLES;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; COUNT DATA; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; ZERO-INFLATED COUNT DATA MODELS;

CONSERVATION;

CANID; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVEY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND [CANADA];

CANIS LATRANS;

EID: 34249745850     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-006-9051-x     Document Type: Article

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