Weathering the storm: Measuring household willingness-to-Pay for risk-reduction in post-katrina New Orleans

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 991-1013

  Landry, Craig E ^a   Hindsley, Paul ^b   Bin, Okmyung ^a   Kruse, Jamie B ^a   Whitehead, John C ^c   Wilson, Ken ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79956073061     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4284/0038-4038-77.4.991     Document Type: Article

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