Willingness to pay for reducing crowding effect damages in Marine Parks in Malaysia

Singapore Economic Review

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-39

  Ahmad, Siti Aznor ^a   Hanley, Nick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation method; Crowding; Double bounded dichotomous choice model; Malaysia; Marine parks

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MARINE PARK; TOURIST ATTRACTION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; PAHANG; SERIBUAT ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TIOMAN; WEST MALAYSIA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 65549101199     PISSN: 02175908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217590809003124     Document Type: Article

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