Improving willingness to pay estimates for quality improvements through joint estimation with quality perceptions

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 100-111

  Whitehead, John C ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33747070185     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20111876     Document Type: Review

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