Income effects and the inconvenience of private provision of public goods for bads: The case of recycling in Finland

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1675-1681

  Huhtala, Anni ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Preferences; Waste disposal; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; PUBLIC GOODS; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

FINLAND;

EID: 77953136377     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.03.018     Document Type: Article

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