Enhancing the content validity of stated preference valuation: The structure and function of ecological indicators

Land Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 102-120

  Johnston, Robert J ^a   Schultz, Eric T ^b   Segerson, Kathleen ^b   Besedin, Elena Y ^c   Ramachandran, Mahesh ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; MIGRATORY SPECIES; VALUATION; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 84855605996     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.88.1.102     Document Type: Article

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