Regional air quality and happiness in Germany

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 437-451

  Goetzke, Frank ^a   Rave, Tilmann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discrete choice; Economic analysis; Environment; Human spatial structure; Limited dependent variable models; Methods; Natural resources; Other human spatial structure; Other spatial analysis; Other urban and regional issues; Policy and applications; Spatial analysis; Spatial structure; Urban and regional issues

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; NATURAL RESOURCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

GERMANY;

EID: 84960465114     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: 15526925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160017615589008     Document Type: Article

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