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Protecting Against Flood Impacts
A Choice Experiment Evaluating Household Preferences for Insurance and Home Infrastructure Improvements
James I. Price, Diane P. Dupont, Wiktor L. Adamowicz and Patrick R. Lloyd-Smith
Land Economics, January 2026, 102 (1) 98-115; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/le.102.1.111324-0107R
James I. Price
Assistant Professor, School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee;
Diane P. Dupont
Professor, Department of Economics, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada;
Wiktor L. Adamowicz
Professor, Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada;
Patrick R. Lloyd-Smith
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada;

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Land Economics
Vol. 102, Issue 1
1 Jan 2026
Protecting Against Flood Impacts
James I. Price, Diane P. Dupont, Wiktor L. Adamowicz, Patrick R. Lloyd-Smith
Land Economics Jan 2026, 102 (1) 98-115; DOI: 10.3368/le.102.1.111324-0107R
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