Willingness to Pay for Ancillary Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-140

  Longo, Alberto ^a   Hoyos, David ^b   Markandya, Anil ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ancillary benefits; Climate change; Contingent valuation; Willingness to Pay

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; RESOURCE VALUATION; TAXATION;

ANCILLARY BENEFITS; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES; CLIMATE MITIGATIONS; CONTINGENT VALUATION METHODS; CONTINGENT VALUATIONS; GENERAL PUBLICS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; GLOBAL CHANGE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 82455167187     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-011-9491-9     Document Type: Article

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