Regional economic contribution and net economic values of opening access to three Colorado Fourteeners

Tourism Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 249-262

  Keske, Catherine M ^a   Loomis, John B ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Contingent valuation; Input output models; Peak bagging; Regional economics

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC ACCESS; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; REGIONAL ECONOMY; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44649102788     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000008784460373     Document Type: Article

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