Joint estimation of discount rates and willingness to pay for public goods

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2751-2759

  Bond, Craig A ^a   Cullen, Kelly Giraud ^b   Larson, Douglas M ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Discounting; Endangered; Recovery; Sea lions; Species; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTINGENT VALUATION; DISCOUNT RATE; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PINNIPED; PUBLIC GOODS; RECOVERY PLAN; SURVEY; TIME ALLOCATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; OTARIIDAE;

EID: 68149134529     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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