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Estimating the Economic Value of Improvements in River Ecology Using Choice Experiments: An application to the water framework directive

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Environmental Value Transfer: Issues and Methods

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Hanley, N., Wright, R.E., Alvarez-Farizo, B. (2007). Estimating the Economic Value of Improvements in River Ecology Using Choice Experiments: An application to the water framework directive. In: Navrud, S., Ready, R. (eds) Environmental Value Transfer: Issues and Methods. The Economics of Non-Market Goods and Resources, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5405-X_7

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