Revealed preference for open defecation: Evidence from a new survey in rural north India

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 49, Issue 38, 2014, Pages 43-55

  Coffey, Diane ^a   Gupta, Aashish ^b   Hathi, Payal ^b   Khurana, Nidhi ^d   Spears, Dean ^c   Srivastav, Nikhil ^b   Vyas, Sangita ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Research Institute for Compassionate Economics   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^d NONE

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EID: 84907707278     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: 23498846     Source Type: Journal    
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