Resource quality information and validity of willingness to pay in contingent valuation

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-196

  Blomquist, Glenn C ^a   Whitehead, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Information; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATIONS; RESOURCE QUALITY INFORMATIONS; WETLANDS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MARKETING; PURCHASING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

VALUE ENGINEERING;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES; RESOURCES QUALITY; SURVEY RESEARCH; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 0032103610     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-7655(97)00035-3     Document Type: Article

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