Framing and training to induce preference learning in choice experiments

Marine Resource Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-245

  Groeneveld, Rolf A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Flatfish fisheries; North sea; Starting point bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955447056     PISSN: 07381360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5950/0738-1360-25.2.233     Document Type: Article

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