Bathing water directive revisions: What are the benefits to England and Wales? A stated preference study

Working Paper - Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment

Volumn , Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-42

  Mourato, Susana ^a,b   Georgiou, Stavros ^b   Ozdemiroglu, Ece ^c   Newcombe, Jodi ^c   Howarth, Alexandra ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c Economics for the Environmental Consultancy Ltd

Author keywords

Bathing water quality; E.C. Directive; Stated preference technique; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

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EID: 56249104183     PISSN: 09678875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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