Modelling recreation demand with respondent-reported driving cost and stated cost of travel time: A Finnish case

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 303-317

  Ovaskainen, Ville ^a   Neuvonen, Marjo ^a   Pouta, Eija ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Count data models; Data enrichment; Stated preference; Travel cost method; Travel time

Indexed keywords

COST ESTIMATING; TRAVEL TIME;

CALIBRATION PROBLEMS; COUNT DATA MODELS; DATA ENRICHMENTS; STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS; STATED PREFERENCES; TRAVEL COST METHOD; WELFARE CHANGES; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MODELING; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PRICE DETERMINATION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; TRAVEL TIME; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

FINLAND;

EID: 84867405173     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: 16181530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfe.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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