The purpose of this paper is to describe the implications of the collective model of household behavior for the methods used to estimate the economic value of non-marketed environmental resources. The effects of public good and risk are considered, along with revealed and stated preference...

Rice cultivation is intensively cultivated in some regions of Costa Rica thanks to the establishment of several irrigation projects. This is especially important for the case of several agricultural communities that cultivate their land around the Palo Verde National Park, where the development...