The present study estimates the benefit of Japanese Government antiglobal-warming policies using a contingent valuation (CV) method. The study focuses on the range of variability in answers due to changes in CV question conditions and assesses the usability of benefit estimation based on CV....

In developing countries contingent valuation (CV) has become an important tool for estimating willingness to pay (WTP). So far, however, the CV studies usually have not assessed the validity of the WTP estimates mainly due to ambiguities in the criteria for scope sensitivity analysis. In this...

A contingent valuation survey was conducted in Shizuoka, Japan, to estimate the willingness to pay (WTP) for reductions in the risk of dying and calculate the value of statistical life (VSL) for use in environmental policy in Japan. Special attention was devoted to the effects of age and health...

Benefits of reduced morbidity are important information for cost-benefit analyses of air pollution control policies. With an increasing number of morbidity valuation studies, policymakers are facing some difficulty handling the accumulated information. This article uses a meta-analysis to attain...

This paper presents the multilevel model approach to analyzing contingent valuation surveys of individuals’ willingness to pay for reductions in the level of air pollution. It is likely that individuals living in the same area are exposed to the same level of air pollution, and accordingly...

This study was conducted from ecological and economic points of view in the setting of a nature reserve of wetlands in Taiwan. The ecological data (including area, habitat and ornithological diversity, and ornithological rarity, population size, and representativeness) of 28 wetlands in Taiwan...