Modeling recreational amenities in an urban setting: Location, congestion, and substitution effects

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 257-272

  Homans, Frances R ^a   Marshall, Elizabeth P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestion; Greenbelt; Urban structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 57449117168     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S106828050000304X     Document Type: Article

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