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Premium price for natural preservatives in wine: A discrete choice experiment
Chikumbi, Lydia; Ščasný, Milan; Muchapondwa, Edwin; … - In: Wine Economics and Policy 10 (2021) 1, pp. 101-118
The South African wine industry has recently launched the world's first 'no sulphite added' wine made from indigenous Rooibos & Honeybush toasted wood chips. This wood chip contains antioxidant properties known to protect wine from oxidation. On the other hand, SO2 as a preservative, is often...
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Time goes by so slowly (for those who wait): A field experiment in health care
Garrido, Sofía; Gutiérrez, Emilio - In: Latin American Economic Review 28 (2019) 1, pp. 1-17
We exploit a unique field experiment to recover the willingness to pay (WTP) for shorter waiting times at a cataract … questionnaire. The WTP to avoid a minute of wait obtained from the field experiment ranges from 0.59 to 0.82 Mexican pesos (1 USD … = 12.5 Mexican pesos at the time of the survey), while that from the hypothetical choice experiment ranges from …
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The economic crisis and medical care usage
Lusardi, Annamaria; Schneider, Daniel; Tufano, Peter - 2010
We use a unique, nationally representative cross-national dataset to document the reduction in individuals' usage of routine non-emergency medical care in the midst of the economic crisis. A substantially larger fraction of Americans have reduced medical care than have individuals in Great...
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Nachfrage nach Gesundheitsleistungen: Einkommensrisiken und Einkommenschancen
Stolze, Henning - 2007
Zentrales Element unseres Gesundheitssystems sind die Versicherten, die mit Ihren Beitragszahlungen einen großen Teil des Systems finanzieren und mit ihren individuellen Verhalten als Patient einen entschiedenen Teil der Dynamik dieses System innerhalb des politischen Rahmens und seiner...
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A Meta-Analysis of the Willingness to Pay for Reductions in Pesticide Risk Exposure
Travisi, Chiara M.; Nijkamp, Peter; Florax, Raymond J. G. M. - 2004
The use of environmental policy instruments such as eco-labelling and pesticide taxes should preferably be based on disaggregate estimates of the individuals' willingness to pay (WTP) for pesticide risk reductions. We review the empirical valuation literature dealing with pesticide risk exposure...
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Willingness to Pay to Reduce Mortality Risks: Evidence from a Three-Country Contingent Valuation Study
Alberini, Anna; Hunt, Alistair; Markandya, Anil - 2004
Valuing a change in the risk of death is a key input into the calculation of the benefits of environmental policies that save lives. Typically such risks are monetized using the Value of a Statistical Life (VSL). Because the majority of the lives saved by environmental policies are those of...
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The Economics of Warm Glow: A Note on Consumer's Behavior and Public Policy Implications
Nunes, Paulo A.L.D.; Onofri, Laura - 2004
The paper focuses on the ongoing debate on non-market valuation, including the valuation environmental goods, and the opportunity to use contingent valuation for policy guidance. In fact, contingent valuation critics argue that reported willingness to pay answers do not reflect real economic...
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Willingness to Pay for Individual Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions: Evidence from a Large Field Experiment
Diederich, Johannes; Goeschl, Timo - 2011
. The estimate derives from a large-scale (n=2,440) framed field experiment in which subjects choose between a guaranteed …
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Altruism, Fertility, and the Value of Children: Health Policy Evaluation and Intergenerational Welfare
Birchenall, Javier A.; Soares, Rodrigo R. - 2007
This paper accounts for the value of children and future generations in the evaluation of health policies. This is achieved through the incorporation of altruism and fertility in a “value of life” type of framework. We are able to express adults’ willingness to pay for changes in child...
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Healthcare delivery and stakeholder's satisfaction under social health insurance schemes in India: An evaluation of Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) and Ex-servicemen Contri...
Vellakkal, Sukumar; Juyal, Shikha; Mehdi, Ali - 2010
This study attempted to evaluate the working of the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) and Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) by assessing patient satisfaction as well as the issues and concerns of empanelled private healthcare providers. The study is based on a primary survey...
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