Estimating values for recreational fishing at freshwater dams in Queensland

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-174

  Rolfe, John ^a   Prayaga, Prabha ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumer surplus; Contingent valuation method; Recreational fishing; Travel cost method

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHING; INVESTMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 34250349554     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2007.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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