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Creator:: McLeod, Donald M.
Abstract:: Contingent valuation has been used to elicit values for changes in the quantity and quality of nonmarket amenities. Yet hypothetically trading dollars for environmental improvements is not a familiar activity for most survey respondents. A variety of response effects associated with survey collected data can potentially lead to biased contingent...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and committee changes. I especially thank Dr. David Ervin, Dr. Bruce Rettig and Dr. Olvar Bergland

Creator:: Raja Abdullah, Nik Mustapha bin
Abstract:: The main objective of this study was to estimate the demand for and value of Oregon ocean sport-caught salmon fishery. The primary technique employed to estimate the recreational demand was an aggregated zone average travel cost method (TCM). The willingness of an angler to pay was deduced from the estimated...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: not have been possible. Special thanks should also go to Dr. Bruce Rettig, my former major

Creator:: Collins, Alan
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and Bruce, 1984), decentralized decision-making under a competitive market system creates conditions

Creator:: Taylor, Michael L. (Michael Lester), 1960-
Abstract:: Changes in the structure of the U.S. agricultural industry since World War II have transformed it into a highly productive component of the domestic economy. But these changes have not occurred without indirect costs. For example, the reliance on agricultural chemicals has produced environmental effects causing growing concern. In addition,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Eichers, P. Andrilerias, and T.W. Anderson, Farmers' Use of Pesticides in 1976, USDA-ERS, Ag. Economic

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