Public and expert preference divergence: Evidence from a choice experiment of marine reserves in Australia

Land Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 346-370

  Rogers, Abbie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MARINE PARK; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84874968845     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.89.2.346     Document Type: Article

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