Contingent valuation of a cultural public good and policy design: The case of "Napoli Musei Aperti"

Journal of Cultural Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 181-204

  Santagata, Walter ^a   Signorello, Giovanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

And cultural policy; Contingent valuation; Cultural goods; Logit spike model; Public goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242390588     PISSN: 08852545     EISSN: 15736997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007642231963     Document Type: Article

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