Choice experiment adaptive design benefits: A case study

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 407-420

  Kerr, Geoffrey N ^a   Sharp, Basil M H ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

C efficiency; Choice experiment; Experimental design; New Zealand; Wasps

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; THEORETICAL STUDY; WASP; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 77957155003     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2010.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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