Life-Cycle and cohort effects in the valuation of air quality: Evidence from subjective well-being data

Land Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 300-325

  Menz, Tobias ^a   Welsch, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; VALUATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84863114850     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.88.2.300     Document Type: Article

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