The Amenity Value of English Nature: A Hedonic Price Approach

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 175-196

  Gibbons, Stephen ^a   Mourato, Susana ^a   Resende, Guilherme M ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Applied Economic Research/Government of Brazil (IPEA)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amenity value; Environmental amenities; Hedonic price method (HPM)

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COSTS; EMPLOYMENT; HOUSING; SPECIFICATIONS;

AMENITY VALUES; ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; HEDONIC PRICES; HOUSING MARKETS; NATIONAL PARKS; PRICE PREMIUMS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AMENITY; CENSUS; FLOOD; FRESHWATER; GREENSPACE; HOUSING; HOUSING MARKET; LABOR MARKET; WOODLAND;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84893360789     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-013-9664-9     Document Type: Article

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