The usefulness of experimental auctions in determining consumers' willingness-to-pay for quality-differentiated products

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 170-185

  Umberger, Wendy J ^a   Feuz, Dillon M ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 21144437979     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2004.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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