Estimating the willingness-to-pay for road safety improvements

Transport Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 471-485

  Rizzi, Luis I ^a   Ortúzar, Juan de Dios ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 33744800045     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441640600602302     Document Type: Article

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