Using a choice experiment to inform implementation of the European Union water framework directive: The case of cheimaditida Wetland in Greece

Choice Experiments Informing Environmental Policy: A European Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 249-270

  Karousakis, Katia ^a   Birol, Ekin ^b,c   Koundouri, Phoebe ^d  

^a OECD   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

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EID: 84891021280     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781848441255.00018     Document Type: Chapter

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