Are public libraries worth their price?: A contingent valuation study of Norwegian public libraries

New Library World

Volumn 106, Issue , 2005, Pages 487-495

  Aabø, Svanhild ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Norway; Public libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744438598     PISSN: 03074803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074800510634973     Document Type: Article

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