Assessing the spatial dependence of welfare estimates obtained from discrete choice experiments

Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 117-126

  Campbell, Danny ^a   Scarpa, Riccardo ^b   Hutchinson, W George ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Discrete choice experiments; Moran's I; Random parameters logit; Spatial dependence; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349914686     PISSN: 18644031     EISSN: 1864404X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12076-008-0012-6     Document Type: Article

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