Ethical issues with contingent valuation surveys in developing countries: A note on informed consent and other concerns

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 507-515

  Whittington, Dale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

contingent valuation method; ethical review; informed consent; institutional review boards

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION (CV); ETHICAL COMPLEXITY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; POPULATION STATISTICS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; SURVEY;

EID: 4043100537     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EARE.0000036776.89379.4f     Document Type: Article

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