A bibliography and data base on environmental benefit valuation studies in Austria, Germany and Switzerland : part 1, forestry studies

The collection presents a comprehensive bibliography of those empirical environmental valuation studies in the German speaking countries which relate to demand oriented measures of utility. Part 1 is restricted to the valuation of public goods provided by forests. The associated data base (which is provided as a separately downloadable file) contains 54 data sets (studies) by today (March 2007). These data sets are characterised by 46 descriptors for the associated publications, the valuation object, details of the statistical and economic methods applied, the results of the valuation exercise and some other descriptors for study quality. These are explained in detail.