Benefit transfer equivalence tests with non-normal distributions

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-23

  Johnston, Robert J ^a   Duke, Joshua M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits transfer; Convolutions; Equivalence test; Farmland; Valuation; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; TESTING;

BENEFIT TRANSFER; BUSINESS MEDIA; EMPIRICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; EQUIVALENCE TESTING; P -VALUES; TOLERANCE LIMITS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DIVERGENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; TOLERANCE; VALUATION; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 48349119020     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-007-9172-x     Document Type: Article

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