Rational choice and valuation of public libraries: Can economic models for evaluating non-market goods be applied to public libraries?

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 5-15

  Aabø, Svanhild ^a   Audunson, Ragnar ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

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EID: 0036103777     PISSN: 09610006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096100060203400102     Document Type: Article

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