Directional heterogeneity in WTP models for environmental valuation

Ecological Economics

Volumn 79, Issue , 2012, Pages 21-31

  Schaafsma, Marije ^a   Brouwer, Roy ^a   Rose, John ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Distance decay; Environmental valuation; Spatial heterogeneity; Substitutes

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HETEROGENEITY; MARKET SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84862185829     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.04.013     Document Type: Article

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