Valuing the cultural monuments of Armenia: Bayesian updating of prior beliefs in contingent valuation

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 441-460

  Alberini, Anna ^a,b   Longo, Alberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONTINGENT VALUATION; CULTURAL HERITAGE; HERITAGE CONSERVATION; MONUMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ARMENIA; ASIA; EURASIA; WEST ASIA;

EID: 65649112911     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a4077     Document Type: Article

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