Combining RP and SP data while accounting for large choice sets and travel mode–an application to forest recreation

Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 177-201

  Abildtrup, Jens ^a   Olsen, Søren Bøye ^b   Stenger, Anne ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

choice experiment; choice set; error component mixed logit; site selection; travel cost method; travel mode choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020480926     PISSN: 21606544     EISSN: 21606552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21606544.2014.986210     Document Type: Article

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