To Pay or Not to Pay: Competing Theories to Explain Individuals’ Willingness to Pay for Public Environmental Goods
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Individual and Household Willingness to Pay for Public Goods
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عنوان ژورنال: Environment and Behavior
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0013-9165,1552-390X
DOI: 10.1177/0013916509346229