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This chapter develops a contingent valuation method for estimating nonmarket, typically environmental goods. Economists usually ignore critically important issues in the application of the methods. These issues define a research agenda to be developed here for the application of the method for deriving meaningful value estimates for recreation, environmental, and other nonmarket goods.
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Burness, H.S., Cummings, R.G., Ganderton, P.T., Harrison, G.W. (1991). Valuing Environmental Goods: A Critical Appraisal of the State of the Art. In: Dinar, A., Zilberman, D. (eds) The Economics and Management of Water and Drainage in Agriculture. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4028-1_22
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