Contingent valuation responses and hypothetical bias

Valuing Ecosystem Services: Methodological Issues and Case Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 90-108

  Mohammed, Essam Yassin ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84958110938     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781955161.00015     Document Type: Chapter

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