Who cares about environmental stigmas and does it matter? A latent segmentation analysis of stated preferences for real estate

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 712-726

  Patunru, Arianto A ^a   Braden, John B ^b   Chattopadhyay, Sudip ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits estimation; Conjoint choice; Environmental stigmas; Latent segmentation; Property values; Real estate

Indexed keywords

CLEANUP; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; SEGMENTATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WAUKEGAN HARBOR;

EID: 34547469502     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.00988.x     Document Type: Article

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