The market value of preventive activities: A contingent-claims approach

Journal of Economics/ Zeitschrift fur Nationalokonomie

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-38

  Eeckhoudt, Louis ^a   Godfroid, Philippe ^a  

^a Facultes Universitaires Catholiques de Mons   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contingent claims; Prevention; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042988806     PISSN: 09318658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01237462     Document Type: Article

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