Leisure and the net opportunity cost of travel time in recreation demand analysis: An application to gros morne national park

Journal of Applied Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-49

  Amoako Tuffour, Joe ^a   Martínez Espiñeira, Roberto ^b  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endogenous stratification; On site sampling; Opportunity cost of travel time; Overdispersion; Recreation demand; Travel cost method

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862497109     PISSN: 15140326     EISSN: 16676726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1514-0326(12)60002-6     Document Type: Article

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