A nonparametric test of the traditional travel cost model

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-193

  Boxall, Peter C ^a   Adamowicz, Wiktor L ^b   Tomasi, Theodore ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Environ Economics Research Group   (United States)

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EID: 0030494481     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.1996.tb00193.x     Document Type: Article

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