Valuing environmental and natural resources
Subtitle: the econometrics of non-market valuation
By: Timothy C. Haab, Kenneth E. McConnell
Contributors: McConnell, Kenneth E.
Series: New horizons in environmental economics
Publisher: E. Elgar Pub.; Elgar Publishing, Incorporated, Edward
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Cheltenham, U.K; Northampton, Mass
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9781843765431
Subjects: Environmental economics; Welfare economics; Natural resources; Business; NATURE; Electronic books; Evaluation; Environmental Economics; Environmental Studies; Green Business; Valuation; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; Natural Resources
Description: Non-market valuation has become a broadly accepted and widely practised means of measuring the economic values of the environment and natural resources. This book provides a guide to the statistical and econometric practices that economists employ in estimating non-market values.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [278]-297) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Welfare Economics for Non-market Valuation; title: Parametric Models for Contingent Valuation; title: Distribution-Free Models for Contingent Valuation; title: The Distribution of Willingness to Pay; title: Topics in Discrete Choice Contingent Valuation; title: Modeling the Demand for Recreation; title: Single Site Demand Estimation; title: Site Choice Models; title: Hedonic Price Equations; title: New Directions in Non-market Valuation; title: Appendix A: Maximum Likelihood Estimation; title: Appendix B: Some Useful Results.