The amenity value of climate to households in Germany

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 150-167

  Rehdanz, Katrin ^a   Maddison, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 57649118567     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpn028     Document Type: Article

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