An examination of sources of sensitivity of consumer surplus estimates in travel cost models

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 151, Issue , 2015, Pages 427-436

  Blaine, Thomas W ^a   Lichtkoppler, Frank R ^a   Bader, Timothy J ^b   Hartman, Travis J ^b   Lucente, Joseph E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer surplus; Environmental justice; Fishing; Recreational value; Revealed preference modeling; Travel cost

Indexed keywords

COST ESTIMATING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CONSUMER'S SURPLUS; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; FISHING; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL; PREFERENCE MODELS; RECREATIONAL VALUE; REVEALED PREFERENCE; REVEALED PREFERENCE MODELING; TRAVEL COST METHOD; TRAVEL COSTS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ACCESSIBILITY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; COST ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; FISHING; POISSON RATIO; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAVEL DEMAND;

ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CONSUMER; ENGLIN CORRECTION; HUMAN; INCOME; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RECREATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAVEL; TRAVEL COST METHOD; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; POLICY;

ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INCOME; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PUBLIC POLICY; RECREATION; TRAVEL;

EID: 84920972610     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.12.033     Document Type: Article

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