Economic Valuation of Environmental Damages due to the Prestige Oil Spill in Spain

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 537-553

  Loureiro, Maria L ^a   Loomis, John B ^b   Vázquez, Maria Xosé ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Oil spills; Passive use value; Wildlife losses

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OIL SPILLS; RESOURCE VALUATION;

CONTINGENT VALUATIONS; ECONOMIC VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; NON-PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; NON-PARAMETRIC ESTIMATES; PARAMETRIC AND NON-PARAMETRIC APPROACHES; PASSIVE USE VALUE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; OIL SPILL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

SPAIN;

EID: 72249088568     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-009-9300-x     Document Type: Article

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