Good parks–bad parks: the influence of perceptions of location on WTP and preference motives for urban parks

Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 204-224

  Andrews, Barnaby ^a,b   Ferrini, Silvia ^a   Bateman, Ian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

distance decay; GAM; Parks; WTP

Indexed keywords

EID: 85060403535     PISSN: 21606544     EISSN: 21606552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21606544.2016.1268543     Document Type: Article

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