Can weak substitution be rehabilitated?

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-221

  Kerry Smith, V ^a,b,c   Evans, Mary F ^d,e   Spencer Banzhaf, H ^c,f   Poulos, Christine ^g  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^f GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Non market valuation; Revealed preference; Weak substitution

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS;

GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS; NON-MARKET VALUATION; PRICE CHANGES; QUALITY CHANGE; REVEALED PREFERENCE;

COMMERCE;

GRAPHICAL METHOD; HIRSCHMANN THEORY; MARKET CONDITIONS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ECONOMY; SUBSTITUTION; VALUATION;

EID: 77950457968     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-009-9312-6     Document Type: Article

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