Improving value transfer through socio-economic adjustments in a multicountry choice experiment of water conservation alternatives

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 458-478

  Brouwer, Roy ^a   Martin Ortega, Julia ^b   Dekker, Thijs ^c   Sardonini, Laura ^d   Andreu, Joaquin ^e   Kontogianni, Areti ^f   Skourtos, Michalis ^g   Raggi, Meri ^d   Viaggi, Davide ^d   Pulido Velazquez, Manuel ^e   Rolfe, John ^h   Windle, Jill ^h  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^g AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^h CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benefits transfer; Choice experiment; Preference heterogeneity; Water conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934438381     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.12099     Document Type: Article

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