Applying contingent valuation method to measure the total economic value of domestic water services: A case study in Ramallah Governorate, Palestine

European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences

Volumn , Issue 20, 2010, Pages 76-93

  Awad, Ibrahim ^a   Holländer, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation method; Domestic water services; Palestine; Total economic value; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955077962     PISSN: 14502275     EISSN: 14502275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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