To transfer or not to transfer? Evidence from validity and reliability tests for international transfers of non-market adaptation benefits in river basins

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 185, Issue , 2017, Pages 44-53

  Andreopoulos, Dimitrios ^a   Damigos, Dimitrios ^b  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Choice experiments; International benefit transfer; River adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GREECE; ITALY; RELIABILITY; RIVER BASIN; VALIDITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIVER;

GREECE; ITALY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREECE; ITALY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIVERS;

EID: 84993953514     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.10.047     Document Type: Article

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