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Improving the Practice of Benefits Transfer: A Preference Calibration Approach

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Environmental Value Transfer: Issues and Methods

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Pattanayak, S., Smith, V.K., Van Houtven, G. (2007). Improving the Practice of Benefits Transfer: A Preference Calibration Approach. 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_13

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