Valuing outdoor recreation activities using a meta-analysis model in China: An empirical study

Tourism Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 415-432

  Wang, Erda ^a   Zhao, Ling ^a   Zhou, Ying ^a   Little, Bertis B ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

International benefit transfer; Meta regression analysis; Recreation activity valuation; Validity test

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; META-ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTDOOR RECREATION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VALUATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84877266953     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/te.2013.0207     Document Type: Conference Paper

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