Welfare measurement convergence through bias adjustments in general population and on-site surveys: An application to water-based recreation at Lake Sevan, Armenia

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 458-478

  Meisner, Craig ^a   Wang, Hua ^a   Laplante, Benoit ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Independent Investigator and Consultant   (Canada)

Author keywords

Armenia; Count data; Endogenous stratification; On and off site sampling; Zero inflation

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MODELING; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; STRATIFICATION; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

ARMENIA; ASIA; EURASIA; LAKE SEVAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 49549089747     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2008.11950148     Document Type: Article

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