Hypothetical bias in choice experiments: Within versus between subject tests

A choice experiment eliciting environmental values is set up in order to test for hypothetical bias based on both within and between sample designs. A larger hypothetical bias was found in the latter case, which explains parts of the previous diverging results in the literature. People seem to prefer to do what they say they would do.<p>

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Year of publication:	2007-04-20
Authors:	Johansson-Stenman, Olof ; Svedsäter, Henrik
Institutions:	Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan
Subject:	Stated-preference methods \| choice experiment \| hypothetical bias \| internal consistency \| non-market valuation

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Series:	Working Papers in Economics.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series Working Papers in Economics Number 252 10 pages
Classification:	C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior ; Q28 - Government Policy
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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