Decisiveness, attitude expression and symbolic responses in contingent valuation surveys

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 577-601

  Blamey, Russell K ^a  

^a Res Sch Social Sci   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; D72; Decisiveness; Q20; Q30; Voting behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001658120     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(97)00108-x     Document Type: Article

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