The provision point mechanism and scenario rejection in contingent valuation

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 271-280

  Groothuis, Peter A ^a   Whitehead, John C ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Provision point mechanism; Public goods; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960909783     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500003257     Document Type: Conference Paper

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