Valuation of groundwater quality using a contingent valuation-damage function approach

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3627-3633

  Poe, Gregory L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; GROUNDWATER; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER QUALITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; PITTING; RESOURCE VALUATION; WATER QUALITY;

CONCAVE FUNCTION; CONTINGENT VALUATIONS; DAMAGE FUNCTIONS; EXPOSURE LEVEL; HEALTH STANDARDS; LEVELING OFFS; NITRATE LEVELS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 0032438856     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900010     Document Type: Article

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