Economic evaluation of bottled water consumption as an averting means: Evidence from a hedonic price analysis

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 337-342

  He, Senhui ^a   Jordan, Jeffrey ^b   Paudel, Krishna ^c  

^a AMERICAN EXPRESS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DRINKING WATER; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; PRICE DYNAMICS; WATER QUALITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 41549119906     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850600706040     Document Type: Article

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