The social context of contingent valuation transactions

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 209-221

  Welch, Ned ^a   Fischhoff, Baruch ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Environmental values; Pollution prevention; Value elicitation; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 0035092696     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920120566     Document Type: Article

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