Measuring impacts of extreme weather events using the life satisfaction approach

Ecological Economics

Volumn 121, Issue , 2016, Pages 108-116

  von Möllendorff, Charlotte ^a   Hirschfeld, Jesko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b Institute for Ecological Economy Research (I W)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extreme weather events; Life satisfaction; Nonmarket valuation; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; HAIL; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PANEL DATA; STORM; STORM DAMAGE; WEATHER;

GERMANY;

EID: 84949212911     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.11.013     Document Type: Article

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