Waste not or want not? A contingent ranking analysis of curbside waste disposal options

Ecological Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 185-197

  Caplan, Arthur J ^a   Grijalva, Therese C ^b   Jakus, Paul M ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C35; Contingent ranking; D12; Municipal solid waste; Waste disposal; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036902419     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(02)00210-0     Document Type: Article

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