Formation of risk beliefs, joint production and willingness to pay to avoid skin cancer

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 451-462

  Dickie, Mark ^a   Gerking, Shelby ^a  

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EID: 0030491271     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2109792     Document Type: Review

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