Estimating willingness to pay with the stochastic payment card design: Further evidence from rural Cameroon

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-193

  Fonta, William Munpuibeyi ^a   Ichoku, Hyacinth E ^a   Ogujiuba, Kanayo K ^a  

^a Department of Economics   (Niger)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Field test; Heckman's 2 step estimator; Sample selection bias; SPC design

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; FIELD SURVEY; SAMPLING; STOCHASTICITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CAMEROON;

EID: 77949424641     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-009-9188-1     Document Type: Article

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