Economic valuation of recreational fishing in Western Australia: Statewide random utility modelling of fishing site choice behaviour

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 539-558

  Raguragavan, Jananee ^a   Hailu, Atakelty ^a   Burton, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fisheries management; Marine environment management; Nonmarket valuation; Random utility models; Recreational fishing

Indexed keywords

FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84885870412     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.12009     Document Type: Article

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