Willingness to pay and the cost of commitment: An empirical specification and test

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 285-298

  Corrigan, Jay R ^a   Kling, Catherine L ^b   Zhao, Jinhua ^b  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment cost; Contigent valuation; Option value; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; PURCHASING;

COMMITMENT COST; CONTIGENT VALUATION; OPTION VALUE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; TESTING METHOD; WATER QUALITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 43849106200     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-007-9153-0     Document Type: Article

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