International benefit transfer related to coastal zones: Evidence from Northeast Asia

Marine Resource Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-186

  Zhai, Guofang ^a   Suzuki, Takeshi ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Coastal zone; International benefit transfer; Northeast Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 69049105406     PISSN: 07381360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/mre.24.2.42731378     Document Type: Article

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