Valuing the characteristics of natural gas vehicles: An implicit markets approach

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 266-276

  Walls, Margaret A ^a  

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EID: 0030318153     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2109928     Document Type: Article

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