The influence of cultural identity on the WTP to protect natural resources: Some empirical evidence

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 2372-2381

  Hoyos, David ^a   Mariel, Petr ^a   Fernández Macho, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Choice experiments; Identity; Valuation; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; VALUATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

BASQUE COUNTRY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 65649088287     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.03.015     Document Type: Article

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