River restoration and hedonic property value analyses: Guidance for effective benefit transfer

Water Resources and Economics

Volumn 17, Issue , 2017, Pages 20-31

  Lewis, Lynne Y ^a   Landry, Craig E ^b  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit transfer; Hedonic property values; River restoration

Indexed keywords

DAM REMOVAL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

MAINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85012911416     PISSN: 22124284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2017.02.001     Document Type: Article

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