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Estimating the value of safety with labour market data: are the results trustworthy?

Beat Hintermann Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (AREC), University of Maryland, College Park
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Anna Alberini Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (AREC), University of Maryland, College ParkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Anil Markandya Department of Economics and International Development, University of Bath, UK, and FEEM, Milan, Italy
Pages 1085-1100 | Published online: 18 Jul 2008

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