reports the results of a meta-analysis of hypothetical bias in 28 stated preference valuation studies that report monetary … skewness. Since a comprehensive theory of hypothetical bias has not been developed, we use a set of explanatory variables based … important in reducing bias, though an insufficient number of studies and confounding with other variables prevents us from …

illustratethe numerous ways that hypothetical bias in stated preference data canlead to increases in the estimates of the economic … benefits of recreation and recreationquality improvement. Hypothetical bias affects estimates of the numberof trips and slope … coefficients. Hypothetical bias does not affect elasticity orconsumer surplus per-trip estimates. When the product of trips and …

experiment and implement several econometric techniques to address omitted variable bias, paying special attention to alternative …, two practical issues in obtaining valid welfare estimates. The first is omitted variable bias, where the estimated impacts …

choice experiment addressing river restoration. Results demonstrate shortcomings in standard treatments of spatial …

parametric utility specifications impart bias upon welfare estimates. A goal of this paper is to extend previous work on … single recreationist. These techniques are demonstrated in a Monte Carlo experiment. …