Inferring regional well-being from individual revealed preferences: The 'voting with your feet' approach

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 163-180

  Faggian, Alessandra ^a,b   Olfert, M Rose ^c   Partridge, Mark D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

amenity migration; quality of life; spatial equilibrium

Indexed keywords

AMENITY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

EID: 84857425116     PISSN: 17521378     EISSN: 17521386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cjres/rsr016     Document Type: Article

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