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THE VALUE OF CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES IN ARMENIA: EVIDENCE
FROM A TRAVEL COST METHOD STUDY *
by
Anna Alberini
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
University of Maryland
and
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
and
Alberto Longo
Institute of Agri-Food and Land Use,
School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast
April 2006
Contact information:
Anna Alberini
AREC, 2200 Symons Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
USA
* This study was conducted for the World Bank, Europe and Central Asia Department. The opinions
expressed in this document are solely the authors’ and do not represent the official views of their respective
institutions or the World Bank. We wish to thank Marina Djabbarzade, Gaiané Casnati, Maria Cristina
Alberghini, Arpik Nairian, Gayane Shagoyan, Sasun and Eva Tsirunyan. We wish to thank two anonymous
reviewers for their comments and suggestions.