The small sample size of contingent valuation (CV) surveys conducted in patients may have limited the use of the single-bounded (SB) dichotomous choice format which is recommended in environmental economics. In this paper, we explore two ways to increase the statistical efficiency of the SB...

The small sample size of contingent valuation (CV) surveys conducted in patients may have limited the use of the single-bounded (SB) dichotomous choice format which is recommended in environmental economics. In this paper, we explore two ways to increase the statistical efficiency of the SB...

Background: Zanamivir, a neuraminidase inhibitor, reduces the number of days of illness in influenza-positive patients. New bedside rapid flu tests (RFT) should increase the number of influenza-positive patients whom receive zanamivir appropriately. Objective: To estimate the economic effects of...

Cet article presente les principaux resultats d'une mise en oeuvre critique de la methode d'evaluation contingente, realisee dans le cadre d'un programme de recherche engage par le GIP-hydrosystemes en 19995. Il s'appuie sur une enquete d'evaluation contingente menee aupres d'un certain type...

Lorsque le question de valorisation utilisee dans la methode d'evaluation contingente prend la forme d'une question fermee, le modele econometrique adequat est un modele a choix binaire. Dans cet article, nous presentons un modele a choix binaire tenant compte d'une heterogeneite par groupes de...

This study investigates whether a popular stated preference method, the choice experiment (CE), reliably measures individuals’ values for a good. We address this question using an induced value experiment. Our results indicate that CEs fail to elicit payoff maximizing choices. We find little...

Ce travail propose une methode d'analyse des representations sociales inspiree des theories du choix social. Nous nous appuyons sur une enquete realisee aupres d'usagers de la Camargue (Claeys-Mekdade et al. 1998). Nous analysons une question d'evocation soumise a un echantillon de 218 individus.

Typical of the AIDS epidemics is that governments in developing countries under-invest in drugs production because of the possible appearance of a curative vaccine. We design a set of financial tools allowing to hedge against this event and achieving full risk-sharing. We show that the...

How is one’s cognitive ability related to the way one responds to strategic uncertainty? We address this question by conducting a set of experiments in simple 2 x 2 dominance solvable coordination games. Our experiments involve two main treatments: one in which two human subjects interact, and...