Due Diligence in Meta-analyses to Support Benefit Transfers

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 357-386

  Boyle, Kevin J ^a   Parmeter, Christopher F ^b   Boehlert, Brent B ^c   Paterson, Robert W ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Industrial Economics Incorporated   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Horizontal robustness; Leave one out; Meta equation; Regression diagnostics; Sample selection; Vertical robustness

Indexed keywords

BENEFIT TRANSFER; EMPIRICAL DATA; KEY VARIABLES; LEAVE ONE OUT; META-EQUATION; REGRESSION DIAGNOSTICS; RESEARCH FUNDING; SAMPLE SELECTION;

ECONOMICS;

DATA SET; META-ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

EID: 84878753225     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-012-9630-y     Document Type: Article

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