Evaluating the performance of different willingness to pay question formats for valuing environmental restoration in rural China

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 585-601

  Zhongmin, Xu ^a   Loomis, Jonh ^b   Zhiqiang, Zhang ^c   Hamamura, Kuino ^d  

^a CAREERI   (China)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 33749532121     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X06003147     Document Type: Article

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