Estimating willingness to pay for reduced copper contamination in southwestern Minnesota

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 450-463

  Kim, Hong J ^a   Cho, Yongsung ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation method; Copper contamination; Drinking water quality; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037004863     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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