Valuation of environmental goods: Correcting for bias in contingent valuation studies based on willingness-to-accept

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 150-156

  Goldar, Bishwanath ^a   Misra, Smita ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH   (India)

^b WORLD BANK   (India)

Author keywords

Composite error model; Contingent valuation; Willingness to accept

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MODELING;

EID: 0035061291     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0002-9092.00143     Document Type: Article

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