Investigating Preferences for the Local Delivery of Agri-environment Benefits

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 177-190

  Garrod, Guy ^a   Ruto, Eric ^a   Willis, Ken ^b   Powe, Neil ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agri environment; Choice experiments; Environmental Stewardship; Mixed logit; Neighbouring landscape preferences

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LOGIT ANALYSIS; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84892978898     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12040     Document Type: Article

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