Random Regret Minimization: Exploration of a New Choice Model for Environmental and Resource Economics

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 413-429

  Thiene, Mara ^a   Boeri, Marco ^b   Chorus, Caspar G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discrete choice modelling; Environmental policy; Outdoor recreation; Random regret minimization; Random utility maximization

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PUBLIC POLICY;

DISCRETE CHOICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; OUTDOOR RECREATION; RANDOM REGRET MINIMIZATIONS; RANDOM UTILITY MAXIMIZATIONS;

ECONOMICS;

DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPLORATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARADIGM SHIFT; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84857051981     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-011-9505-7     Document Type: Article

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