Addressing onsite sampling in recreation site choice models

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-110

  Hindsley, Paul ^a   Landry, Craig E ^b   Gentner, Brad ^c  

^a ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Gentner Consulting Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Onsite sampling; Propensity score weighting; Random utility models; Recreation demand

Indexed keywords

BIAS REDUCTION; BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS; CHOICE MODEL; NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICES; ON-SITE SAMPLING; PARAMETER ESTIMATE; PROPENSITY SCORE; RANDOM UTILITY MODEL; RECREATION DEMAND; SAMPLING SITE; WEIGHTED MODELS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ESTIMATION; FISHERIES; MARINE APPLICATIONS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

SAMPLING;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SITE SELECTION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 79958826665     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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