Cost-benefit analysis of environmental goods by applying the contingent valuation method: Some Japanese case studies

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Environmental Goods by Applying Contingent Valuation Method: Some Japanese Case Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-159

  Ahrned, Sanvar Uddin ^a   Gotoh, Keinosuke ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84887925766     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/4-431-28950-X     Document Type: Book

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