Unit non-response bias in the interval data model

Land Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 448-462

  Harpman, David A ^a   Welsh, Michael P ^b   Sparling, Edward W ^c  

^a U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

^b Christensen Associates   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344581632     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3654731     Document Type: Article

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