A semi-parametric estimator for revealed and stated preference data-An application to recreational beach visitation

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-218

  Landry, Craig E ^a   Liu, Haiyong ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach recreation demand; Revealed and stated preference; Semi parametric; Unobserved heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; ESTIMATION; SPECIFICATIONS;

BEACH RECREATION DEMAND; DEMAND MODELS; MODEL DISPERSIONS; NEGATIVE BINOMIALS; NORTH CAROLINA; PARAMETRIC MODELS; POTENTIAL PROBLEMS; RANDOM EFFECTS; RECREATIONAL BEACHES; REVEALED AND STATED PREFERENCE; SEMI-PARAMETRIC; STATISTICAL EVIDENCES; UNOBSERVED HETEROGENEITY;

LANDFORMS;

BEACH; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60449115607     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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