Generalized additive models for nonmarket valuation via revealed or stated preference methods

Land Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 782-802

  Ferrini, Silvia ^a,b   Fezzi, Carlo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; SUSTAINABILITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 84867351585     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.88.4.782     Document Type: Article

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