Recreation demand analysis under truncation, overdispersion, and endogenous stratification: An application to Gros Morne National Park

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1320-1332

  Martínez Espiñeira, Roberto ^a   Amoako Tuffour, Joe ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consumer surplus; Count data; Endogenous stratification; On site sampling; Overdispersion; Recreation

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER'S SURPLUS; COUNT DATUM; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENDOGENOUS STRATIFICATION; NATIONAL PARKS; ON-SITE SAMPLING; ON-SITE SURVEY; OVERDISPERSION; RECREATION; SURVEY DATA;

PARKS;

DEMAND ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; STRATIFICATION; SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONSUMER; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NATIONAL PARK; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; TRAVEL;

CANADA; GROS MORNE NATIONAL PARK; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 47249159951     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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