Using Surveys to Value Public Goods: The Contingent Valuation Method

by Richard T Carson, Robert Cameron Mitchell, Richard T. Carson

Book Overview

Economists and others have long believed that by balancing the costs of such public goods as air quality and wilderness areas against their benefits, informed policy choices can be made. But the problem of putting a dollar value on cleaner air or water and other goods not sold in the marketplace has been a major stumbling block. Mitchell and Carson, for reasons presented in this book, argue that at this time the contingent valuation (CV) method offers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0915707322
• ISBN13: 9780915707324
• Release Date: March 1989
• Publisher: Rff Press
• Length: 482 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"

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