The impact of technical and non-technical measures of water quality on coastal waterfront property values in South Florida

Marine Resource Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-63

  Bin, Okmyung ^a   Czajkowski, Jeffrey ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hedonic analysis; Indian River Lagoon south; South Florida real estate; Technical and non technical measures of water quality; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880248562     PISSN: 07381360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5950/0738-1360-28.1.43     Document Type: Article

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