Exploring the determinants of uncertainty in contingent valuation surveys

Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 186-200

  Mahieu, Pierre Alexandre ^a   Riera, Pere ^b   Kriström, Bengt ^c   Brännlund, Runar ^c   Giergiczny, Marek ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

C5; C93; contingent valuation; multiple bounded uncertainty choice; Q51; two way payment ladder; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977867144     PISSN: 21606544     EISSN: 21606552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21606544.2013.876941     Document Type: Article

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