National and international benefit transfer testing with a rigorous test procedure

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 323-336

  Muthke, Thilo ^a   Holm Mueller, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

benefit transfer; contingent valuation method; water quality

Indexed keywords

POLICY SITES; VALUATION STUDIES;

FORECASTING; SURVEYS; TEST FACILITIES; VALUE ENGINEERING;

TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; METHODOLOGY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

EID: 7744234438     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-004-5268-8     Document Type: Article

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