Water does not flow up hill: determinants of willingness to pay for water conservation measures in the mountains of western North Carolina
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- Peter A. Groothuis & Kristan Cockerill & Tanga M. Mohr, 2013. "Water doesn’t flow up hill: Determinants of Willingness to Pay for Water Conservation Measures in the Mountains of Western North Carolina," Working Papers 13-26, Department of Economics, Appalachian State University.
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Water conservation; Contingent valuation; Willingness-to-pay; Averting behavior; Demand side management;All these keywords.
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