Benefits Transfer: Current Practice and Prospects

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 449-466

  Smith, V Kerry ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit cost analysis; Benefit transfer; Regulatory impact analysis

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

BENEFIT TRANSFER; BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS; BENEFITS TRANSFER; EMPIRICAL ESTIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES; REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSIS; RESEARCH CHALLENGES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NUMERICAL METHOD; POLICY ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ECONOMY;

EID: 85040073240     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: 15731502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-017-0206-8     Document Type: Article

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