How much are people willing to pay for silence? A contingent valuation study

Applied Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1233-1246

  Barreiro, Jesús ^a   Sánchez, Mercedes ^b   Viladrich Grau, Montserrat ^c  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; NOISE POLLUTION;

EID: 22744453506     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500123234     Document Type: Article

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