Exploring benefit transfer: Disamenities of waste transfer stations

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 521-547

  Eshet, Tzipi ^a   Baron, Mira G ^a   Shechter, Mordechai ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Benefit transfer; Disamenity; Hedonic pricing; Valuation; Waste management; Waste transfer stations

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FUNCTIONS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BENEFIT TRANSFER; DISAMENITY; HEDONIC PRICING; WASTE TRANSFER STATIONS;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HOUSING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TRANSPORT;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34249790160     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-006-9047-6     Document Type: Article

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