The use of contingent valuation in benefit–cost analysis

Handbook on Contingent Valuation

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 92-115

  Whitehead, John C ^a   Blomquist, Glenn C ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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