A comparison of hypothetical phone and mail contingent valuation responses for green-pricing electricity programs

Land Economics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-67

  Ethier, Robert G ^a   Gregory L, Poe ^b   Schulze, William D ^b   Clark, Jeremy ^b  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; METHODOLOGY; PRICING POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

EID: 0343091315     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3147257     Document Type: Article

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