Valuing beach width for recreational use: Combining revealed and stated preference data

Marine Resource Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 221-241

  Parsons, George R ^a   Chen, Zhe ^b   Hidrue, Michael K ^b   Standing, Naomi ^c   Lilley, Jonathan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c University of Hawai'i Sea Grant College Program ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach width; Economics; Travel cost; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883855082     PISSN: 07381360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5950/0738-1360-28.3.221     Document Type: Article

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