Measuring individual preferences for rural multifunctionality: The importance of demographic and residential heterogeneity

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-24

  Gómez Limón, José A ^a   Vera Toscano, Esperanza ^b   Rico González, Margarita ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b Associated Unit to CSIC by IESA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Castile and Leon (Spain); Countryside; Individuals' opinion; Rural development policy; Social welfare

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HETEROGENEITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

CASTILLA Y LEON; SPAIN;

EID: 84855734634     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2011.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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