Comments on Chilton and Hutchinson: Focus groups in the contingent valuation process: A real contribution or a missed opportunity?

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 485-489

  Jorgensen, Bradley S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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