Consumer surplus with apology: A historical perspective on nonmarket valuation and recreation demand

Annual Review of Resource Economics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 183-207

  Banzhaf, H Spencer ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit cost analysis; History of economic thought; Outdoor recreation; Welfare economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952603288     PISSN: 19411340     EISSN: 19411359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.resource.012809.103936     Document Type: Article

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