Economic valuation of beach erosion control

Marine Resource Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-238

  Huang, Ju Chin ^a,b   Poor, P Joan ^c   Zhao, Min Qiang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach erosion control; Choice based conjoint analysis; Individual specific welfare estimates

Indexed keywords

EID: 51449083975     PISSN: 07381360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/mre.22.3.42629556     Document Type: Article

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