Gains, losses, and the US-EPA Economic Analyses Guidelines: A hazardous product?

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-112

  Knetsch, Jack L ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endowment effect; Environmental valuations; WTA WTP disparity

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC POLICY;

ENDOWMENT EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATIONS; WTA-WTP DISPARITY;

ECONOMICS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GUIDELINE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24044433597     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-005-6029-z     Document Type: Review

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