Using respondent uncertainty to mitigate hypothetical bias in a stated choice experiment

Land Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 363-381

  Ready, Richard C ^a   Champ, Patricia A ^a   Lawton, Jennifer L ^a  

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Indexed keywords

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PUBLIC GOODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 77953882242     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.86.2.363     Document Type: Article

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