Time is of the essence? An empirical application of the corollary of the coase theorem

Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-51

  Lai, Lawrence W C ^a   Wong, S K ^a   Ho, Eric C K ^a   Chau, K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PLANNING METHOD; PROPERTY RIGHTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 43149109085     PISSN: 09170553     EISSN: 1467940X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-940X.2008.00134.x     Document Type: Article

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