A Nonparametric Revealed Preference Approach to Measuring the Value of Environmental Quality

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 503-527

  Blow, Laura ^a,b   Blundell, Richard ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bounds; Changing tastes; Inequality restrictions; Public good valuation; Revealed preference; Semiparametric regression

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS;

BOUNDS; CHANGING TASTES; INEQUALITY RESTRICTIONS; PUBLIC GOODS; REVEALED PREFERENCE; SEMI-PARAMETRIC REGRESSIONS;

COMMERCE;

COMPENSATION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MARKET; PUBLIC GOODS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VALUATION;

EID: 85042531293     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: 15731502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-018-0229-9     Document Type: Article

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