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Estimating the Non-market Environmental Benefits of Land Use Change in China

In: Choice Experiments in Developing Countries

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  • Xuehong Wang
  • Jeff Bennett
  • Chen Xie
  • Zhitao Zhang

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Choice Experiments in Developing Countries is an invaluable one-stop presentation of the best-practice case studies implementing the choice experiment method in developing countries. It highlights the theoretical and practical issues that should be taken into consideration when applying this method in a developing country context.

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  • Xuehong Wang & Jeff Bennett & Chen Xie & Zhitao Zhang, 2010. "Estimating the Non-market Environmental Benefits of Land Use Change in China," Chapters, in: Jeff Bennett & Ekin Birol (ed.), Choice Experiments in Developing Countries, chapter 6, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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