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Discussion Papers report work in progress. They are written to share ideas, concepts, and theories as well as preliminary empirical data, and have not been peer reviewed or approved for publication. Comments are welcome.

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• McCollum, Daniel W., John A. Tanaka, Jack A. Morgan, John E. Mitchell, Kristie A. Maczko, Lori Hidinger, William E. Fox, Clifford S. Duke. 2011. Climate Change Effects on Rangelands: Affirming the Need for Monitoring.
  RMRS Human Dimensions Research Program Discussion Paper
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• Brown, Thomas C., David Kingsley, George L. Peterson, and Nicholas E. Flores. 2007. Paired comparisons of public and private goods, with heteroscedastic probit analysis of choice consistency.
  RMRS - RWU 4851 Discussion Paper
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  See also Reliability of individual valuations of public and private goods: response time, preference learning, and choice consistency.
  
  
• Brown, Thomas C., George L. Peterson, and Glen E. Brink. 2007. An Enquiry into the Method of Paired Comparison: Reliability, Scaling, and Thurstone’s Law of Comparative Judgment.
  RMRS - RWU 4851 Discussion Paper.
  
  This Discussion Paper has been superceded by a 2009 General Technical Report (RMRS-GTR-216WWW) of the same name.
  
  
• Brown, Thomas C., John C. Bergstrom, and John B. Loomis. 2006. Ecosystem Goods and Services: Definition, Valuation and Provision. RMRS - RWU 4851 Discussion Paper
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  This Discussion Paper has been superceded by a journal article Defining, valuing and providing ecosystem goods and services.
  
  
• Brown, Thomas C., Michael T. Hobbins, and Jorge A. Ramirez. 2005. The Source of Water Supply in the United States. RMRS - RWU 4851 Discussion Paper
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• Brown, Thomas C. 2004. The Marginal Economic Value of Streamflow From National Forests.
  RMRS - RWU 4851 Discussion Paper
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  See also Trends in Water Market Activity and Price in the western United States.
  
  
• Miller, S. M., D. W. McCollum, J. G. Champ. 2003. Conversations With Alaskans About Alaska's Public Lands. RMRS - RWU 4851 Discussion Paper
  
  
• Brown, Thomas C., George L. Peterson, R. Marc Brodersen, Valerie Ford, and Paul A. Bell. 2002. Is the Seriousness of an Environmental Loss a Matter of What Caused It?
  RMRS - RWU 4851 Discussion Paper
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• Williams, D. R. 2000. Values discourse and discursive democracy in natural resource planning. Paper presented at the 8th International Symposium for Society and Natural Resources, Bellingham, WA, June 17-20.
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• Brown, Thomas C., Icek Aizen, and Dan Hrubes. 2002. Further Tests of Entreaties to Avoid Hypothetical Bias in Referendum Contingent Valuation.
  RMRS - RWU 4851 Discussion Paper
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• Brown, Thomas C. 2000. Experiment Participants Offer a Commonsense Explanation for the WTA-WTP Disparity.
  RMRS - RWU 4851 Discussion Paper
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• Brown, Thomas C., Robin Gregory, and George L. Peterson. 1997. Rethinking the WTA-WTP Disparity.
  RMRS - RWU 4851 Discussion Paper

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