Difficulties in valuing street light improvement: Trust, surprise and bound effects

Applied Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 371-381

  Powe, Neil A ^a   Willis, Kenneth G ^a   Garrod, Guy G ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745098743     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500369274     Document Type: Article

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