From hopeless to curious? Thoughts on hausman's "dubious to hopeless" critique of contingent valuation

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 593-612

  Haab, Timothy C ^a   Interis, Matthew G ^a   Petrolia, Daniel R ^b   Whitehead, John C ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84890069294     PISSN: 20405790     EISSN: 20405804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aepp/ppt029     Document Type: Article

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