Estimating society's willingness to pay to maintain viable rural communities

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 487-512

  Bennett, Jeff ^a   van Bueren, Martin ^b   Whitten, Stuart ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The Centre for International Economics   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; POPULATION DECLINE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL POPULATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 8644274588     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2004.00254.x     Document Type: Article

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