Population aging and environmental preferences in OECD countries: The case of air pollution

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2582-2589

  Menz, Tobias ^a   Welsch, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental quality; Happiness; Life satisfaction; Non market valuation; Population aging; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUTURE PROSPECT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 77957001177     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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