A randomized response approach to dichotomous choice contingent valuation

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 252-266

  Berrens, Robert P ^a   Bohara, Alok K ^a   Kerkvliet, Joe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Randomized response; Yea saying

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001299895     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1243959     Document Type: Article

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