On the use and nonuse of surveys in economics

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-21

  Boulier, Bryan L ^a   Goldfarb, Robert S ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Economic methodology; Measurement; Questionnaires; Survey data; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242390576     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501789800000001     Document Type: Article

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