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Contingent valuation studies and health policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2010

Matthew D. Adler
Matthew D. Adler*
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University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Correspondence to: Matthew D. Adler, Leon Meltzer Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 3400 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Email: madler@law.upenn.edu
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Health Economics, Policy and Law , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , January 2010 , pp. 123 - 131
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