Valuing self-protection: Income and certification effects for safe rooms

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1057-1068

  Eeing, Bradley T ^a   Kruse, Jamie Brown ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Certification; Safe room; Valuation; Willingness to accept; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION STANDARDS; MEAN VALUATION; SAFE ROOMS; SELF-PROTECTION; WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CONSTRUCTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INVESTMENTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDS;

SECURITY SYSTEMS;

CERTIFICATION; INCOME; SAFETY; VALUATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; TULSA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749821771     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190600851090     Document Type: Article

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