Non-attendance to attributes in environmental choice analysis: A latent class specification

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1061-1076

  Campbell, Danny ^a   Hensher, David A ^b   Scarpa, Riccardo ^c,d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attribute non attendance; Latent class; Scale adjusted latent class; Stated choice; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RURAL LANDSCAPE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

IRELAND;

EID: 84858239413     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2010.549367     Document Type: Article

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