Which response format reveals the truth about donations to a public good?

Land Economics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 152-166

  Brown, Thomas C ^a   Champ, Patricia A ^a   Bishop, Richard C ^b   McCollum, Daniel W ^a  

^a Forest Service Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL GOOD; METHODOLOGICAL EVALUATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 0030481773     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3146963     Document Type: Article

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