Valuing environmental and health risk in agriculture: A choice experiment approach to pesticides in Italy

Ecological Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 598-607

  Travisi, Chiara Maria ^a   Nijkamp, Peter ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Food safety; Pesticide risks; Stated choice; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH RISK; PESTICIDE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 52049103557     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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