RETRACTED: Altruism and Willingness to Pay for Environmental Goods: A Contingent Valuation Study

Takehisa Kumakawa^*

Creative Engineering Education Center, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan.

DOI: 10.4236/gep.2017.56008                

Abstract

The paper does not meet the standards of "Journal of Geosciences and Environment Protection".

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Keywords

Contingent Valuation, Altruism, Wetlands

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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