Bridging the Gap Between Revealed and Stated Preferences in Flood-prone Housing Markets

Ecological Economics

Volumn 136, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-13

  de Koning, Koen ^a   Filatova, Tatiana ^a   Bin, Okmyung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; FLOOD DAMAGE; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 85012288678     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.01.022     Document Type: Article

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