Willingness to pay for improving the residential waste disposal system in Korea: A choice experiment study

Environmental Management

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 278-287

  Ku, Se Ju ^a   Yoo, Seung Hoon ^b   Kwak, Seung Jun ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Hoseo University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Multinomial logit model; Nested logit model; Waste disposal system; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CHOICE EXPERIMENT; MULTINOMIAL LOGIT MODEL; NESTED LOGIT MODEL; WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEM; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EXPERIMENTS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; RETAIL STORES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

DOMESTIC WASTE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COST; DOMESTIC WASTE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOUTH KOREA; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; KOREA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC OPINION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 68149160224     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9325-5     Document Type: Article

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