Suitability of discrete choice experiments for landscape management under the European Landscape Convention

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 79-96

  de Ayala, Amaia ^a,b   Hoyos, David ^b,c   Mariel, Petr ^b  

^a BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c EKOPOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Discrete Choice Experiment; European Landscape Convention; Llanada Alavesa; Random Parameter Logit; Welfare measure; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

REGIONAL PLANNING;

DISCRETE CHOICE EXPERIMENTS; EUROPEAN LANDSCAPE CONVENTION; LLANADA ALAVESA; RANDOM PARAMETERS; WELFARE MEASURES; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

FORESTRY;

DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LOGIT ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

BASQUE COUNTRY [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 84929959979     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: 16181530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfe.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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