Understanding Error Structures and Exploiting Panel Data in Meta-analytic Benefit Transfers

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 609-635

  Boyle, Kevin J ^a   Wooldridge, Jeffrey M ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit transfer; Error stuctures; Meta analysis; Meta regression; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BENEFIT FUNCTION TRANSFER; BENEFIT TRANSFER; EMPIRICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; META-REGRESSION; NON-MARKET VALUATION; PREDICTION ERRORS; STATISTICAL SUMMARY;

FORECASTING;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; ERROR ANALYSIS; FUTURE PROSPECT; META-ANALYSIS; PANEL DATA; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VALUATION;

EID: 85040378960     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: 15731502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-017-0211-y     Document Type: Article

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