Ordering effects in contingent valuation surveys: Willingness to pay for reduced health damage from air pollution

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 485-499

  Halvorsen, Bente ^a  

^a Found Res Econ and Bus Admin   (Norway)

Author keywords

air pollution; contingent valuation; health damage; ordering effects

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXHAUST GASES; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PULMONARY DISEASES;

CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD (CVM);

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 0030456467     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00357416     Document Type: Article

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