An adding-up test on contingent valuations of river and lake quality

Land Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 556-571

  Desvousges, William ^a   Mathews, Kristy ^a   Train, Kenneth ^b  

^a Department of Economics University of California Berkeley ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; LAKE WATER; RIVER WATER; WATER QUALITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 84937952537     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.91.3.556     Document Type: Article

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