Willingness to pay for a clear night sky: Use of the contingent valuation method

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1095-1103

  Simpson, Stephanie N ^a   Hanna, Bríd Gleeson ^b  

^a Integral Analytics Inc   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; STUDENT; VISIBILITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 77954584579     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840902817508     Document Type: Article

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