Determinants of willingness to pay for coastal zone quality improvement

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 391-399

  Halkos, George ^a   Matsiori, Steriani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blue flags; Coastal zone; CVM; Recreation; WTP

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860878413     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2012.04.010     Document Type: Article

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