Climate amenities, climate change, and american quality of life

Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 205-246

  Albouy, David ^a   Graf, Walter ^b   Kellogg, Ryan ^c   Wolff, Hendrik ^d  

^a and NBER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amenity valuation; Climate change; Hedonic model; Household sorting; Impact assessment; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008359387     PISSN: 23335955     EISSN: 23335963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/684573     Document Type: Article

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