Substitutability, experience, and the value disparity: Evidence from the marketplace

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 486-509

  List, John A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Field experiment; Marketlike experience; WTP WTA disparity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ECONOMIC DOCTRINES; NEOCLASSICAL THEORY;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; SUBSTITUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 2342595874     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2003.05.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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