The market value of reducing cancer risk: Hedonic housing prices with changing information

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 266-289

  Gayer, Ted ^a   Hamilton, James T ^a   Viscusi, W Kip ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036805944     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061672     Document Type: Article

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