Combining Revealed Preference Data with Stated Preference Data: A Latent Class Approach

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1053-1086

  Jeon, Hocheol ^a   Herriges, Joseph A ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Latent class; Nonmarket valuation; Revealed preference; Stated preference

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS;

ALTERNATIVE FRAMEWORK; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; LATENT CLASS; NON-MARKET VALUATION; RELATIVE STRENGTH; REVEALED PREFERENCE; REVEALED PREFERENCE DATUM; STATED PREFERENCES;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; CONVERGENCE; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MARKET SYSTEM; MODEL VALIDATION; VALUATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 84983410582     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: 15731502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-016-0060-0     Document Type: Article

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