Using choice experiments to value catchment and estuary health in Tasmania with individual preference heterogeneity

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-179

  Kragt, Marit E ^a   Bennett, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catchment management; Choice experiments; Environmental value; Interaction effects; Mixed logit model; Non market valuation; Preference heterogeneity; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTUARY; HETEROGENEITY; LOGIT ANALYSIS; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEAGRASS; VALUATION; VEGETATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79953773907     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2011.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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