Challenges of Conducting Contingent Valuation Studies in Developing Countries

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 597-609

  Durand Morat, Alvaro ^a   Wailes, Eric J ^a   Nayga, Rodolfo M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; developing countries; research challenges

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; RECRUITMENT (EMPLOYMENT); RESEARCH; RICE; SAMPLING; SURVEY METHOD; TRAINING;

EID: 84966297204     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aav068     Document Type: Review

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