Journal of
Development and Agricultural Economics

  • Abbreviation: J. Dev. Agric. Econ.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9774
  • DOI: 10.5897/JDAE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 556

Full Length Research Paper

Willingness to pay for Nairobi National Park: An application of discrete choice experiment

Kemunto Mongare
  • Kemunto Mongare
  • School of Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya.
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Kamau Gathiaka
  • Kamau Gathiaka
  • School of Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya.
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  •  Received: 19 July 2019
  •  Accepted: 30 June 2020
  •  Published: 28 February 2021

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