Rethinking contingent valuation: Ethics versus defensibility?

International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 22-36

  Morrison, Mark ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choice modelling; Contingent valuation; Ethics; Non market valuation

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ETHICS; MODELING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

EID: 0037560136     PISSN: 14624605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijarge.2002.000020     Document Type: Review

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