Meta-Modeling and Benefit Transfer: The Empirical Relevance of Source-Consistency in Welfare Measures

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 337-361

  Johnston, Robert J ^a   Moeltner, Klaus ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian model search; Benefit transfer; Meta analysis; Outdoor recreation; Welfare measures

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN MODEL; BENEFIT TRANSFER; META-ANALYSIS; OUTDOOR RECREATION; WELFARE MEASURES;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

ALGORITHM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; META-ANALYSIS; WELFARE PROVISION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 84911964995     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: 15731502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-013-9730-3     Document Type: Article

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