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Estimating the Impact of Critical-Habitat Designation on the Values of Developed and Undeveloped Parcels

Saleh Mamun, Erik Nelson and Christoph Nolte
Land Economics, February 2024, 100 (1) 148-175; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/le.100.1.101922-0081R

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