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Preferences for in-place and relocated living among climate-vulnerable communities in Fiji: a discrete choice experiment

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  • Duncan Mortimer
  • Rohan Sweeney
  • Amelia Turagabeci
  • Sepesa Rasili

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Climate change is forcing difficult choices between in-place adaptation and relocation for Pacific Island

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  • Duncan Mortimer & Rohan Sweeney & Amelia Turagabeci & Sepesa Rasili, 2026. "Preferences for in-place and relocated living among climate-vulnerable communities in Fiji: a discrete choice experiment," Papers 2026-04, Centre for Health Economics, Monash University.
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    JEL classification:

    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
    • Q51 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Valuation of Environmental Effects
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • D71 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations

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