The influence of home-site factors on residents' willingness to pay: An application for power generation from scrubland in Galicia, Spain

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4055-4065

  Soliño, Mario ^a   Farizo, Begoña A ^b   Campos, Pablo ^b  

^a Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^b Institute of Public Goods and Policies   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Cross validity; Forest biomass

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; CROSS VALIDITY; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; ENERGY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS; FOREST BIOMASS; FORESTRY RESOURCES; GALICIA; GOODNESS-OF-FIT MEASURE; LOCAL COMMUNITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SCALE PARAMETER; SITE COEFFICIENT; SUB-SAMPLES; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMICS; ENERGY POLICY; PLANNING;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; POWER GENERATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 69949149134     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.04.054     Document Type: Article

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