Design effects in a meta-analysis of river health choice experiments in Australia

Journal of Choice Modelling

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 81-97

  Rolfe, John ^a   Brouwer, Roy ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Choice modelling; Meta analysis; River health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880518890     PISSN: 17555345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1755-5345(13)70053-8     Document Type: Article

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