Protest responses and willingness to pay: Attitude toward paying for stormwater pollution abatement

Ecological Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 251-265

  Jorgensen, Bradley S ^a   Syme, Geoffrey J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitude toward paying; Contingent valuation; Protest responses; Stormwater pollution; Water quality; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CONTINGENT VALUATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POPULAR PROTEST; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 0034060175     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(99)00145-7     Document Type: Article

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