The hedonic value of urban quality of life

Quality of Life in Cities: Equity, Sustainable Development and Happiness from a Policy Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 44-65

  Andreoli, Francesco ^a   Michelangeli, Alessandra ^b  

^a INSTEAD   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

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