Preferences, inequity and entitlements: Some issues from a CVM study of water supply in Madras, India

Journal of International Development

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-46

  Anand, P B ^a   Perman, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; METHODOLOGY; PROPERTY RIGHTS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

INDIA;

EID: 0033066494     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1328(199901/02)11:1<27::AID-JID554>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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