Differences in demand for watershed services: Understanding preferences through a choice experiment in the Koshi Basin of Nepal

Ecological Economics

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages 274-283

  Rai, Rajesh Kumar ^a   Shyamsundar, Priya ^a   Nepal, Mani ^a   Bhatta, Laxmi Dutt ^b  

^a South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE)   (Nepal)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Ecosystem services; Labor contribution; Mode of payment; Nepal; Shadow price of labor

Indexed keywords

ARABLE FARMING; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; WATERSHED; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

JAPAN; KOSI RIVER;

EID: 84942602870     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.09.013     Document Type: Article

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