Valuing access to water-A spatial hedonic approach, with an application to Bangalore, India

Spatial Economic Analysis

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-179

  Anselin, Luc ^a   Lozano Gracia, Nancy ^b   Deichmann, Uwe ^b   Lall, Somik ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

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EID: 77951965815     PISSN: 17421772     EISSN: 17421780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17421771003730703     Document Type: Article

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