In recent years, consumer choice has become an important element of public policy. One reason is that consumers differ in their tastes and needs, which they can express most easily through their own choices. Elements that strengthen consumer choice feature prominently in the design of public...

Introduction / Daniel McFadden and Kenneth Train -- 1. Response to cost prompts in stated preference valuation of environmental goods / Jim Burrows, Powell Dixon, and Hiu Man Chan -- 2. Fat tails and truncated bids in contingent valuation : an application to an endangered shorebird species /...