Stated preference surveys must provide information on the good to be valued, and respondents must process and recall the information. Previous studies show that the type of information can affect stated preferences and the validity of value estimates, but how respondents process this information...

Discrete choice experiments can be used to inform policy makers on people's preferences for landscapes and cultural ecosystem services. Recent studies have shown that the spatial context influences preferences and related willingness to pay values. In this paper we investigate the effect of the...

Information provided in valuation surveys has been shown to affect stated preferences, which in turn may matter for the validity and reliability of survey-based value estimates. Although such information effects are widely documented, the reasons underlying the effects are less established. We...

As the debate around the cost-effectiveness of agri-environmental schemes (AES) is growing at the European level, researchers and policymakers are exploring the potential of result-based AES. Result based AES initiate payments only if pre-defined environmental outcomes are achieved, thus...