The effect of individual 'ability to choose' (scale heterogeneity) on the valuation of environmental goods

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2250-2257

  Christie, Mike ^a   Gibbons, James ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian modelling; Biodiversity; Choice experiments ability to choose; Coastal defence; Complex environmental goods; Ecosystem; Individual heterogeneity; Multinomial logit models; Services; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

AMENITY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL PROTECTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; HETEROGENEITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 80053324849     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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