On the contingent valuation of mortality risk reduction in developing countries

Applied Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-181

  Mahmud, Minhaj ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; MORTALITY RISK; RISK PERCEPTION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 58949093762     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600994252     Document Type: Article

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