What is historic integrity worth to the general public? Evidence from a proposed relocation of a West Virginia agricultural mill

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-52

  Maskey, Vishakha ^a   Brown, Cheryl ^a   Collins, Alan R ^a   Nassar, Hala F ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Historic preservation; Tobit model; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250199300     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500009436     Document Type: Conference Paper

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