The insensitivity of 'willingness-to-pay' to the size of the good: New evidence for health care

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 445-460

  Olsen, Jan Abel ^a,b   Donaldson, Cam ^c   Pereira, João ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cognitive processes; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942685293     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4870(03)00029-1     Document Type: Article

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