The hedonics of hedonism - Estimating the value of risk-taking activities

Kyklos

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 210-225

  Borsky, Stefan ^a,b   Raschky, Paul A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b AlpS Centre for Natural Hazard and Risk Management   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEDONIC ANALYSIS; SPORT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 65449182760     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2009.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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