A hybrid individual-zonal travel cost model for estimating the consumer surplus of golfing in Colorado

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-167

  Loomis, John ^a   Tadjion, Omer ^a   Watson, Philip ^b   Wilson, Josh ^c   Davies, Stephen ^a   Thilmany, Dawn ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c Management and Engineering Technologies International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer surplus; Demand; Green fees; Price elasticity; Travel cost method

Indexed keywords

EID: 62749177287     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: 15527794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527002508320136     Document Type: Article

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