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Selectivity bias caused by protest responses in Contingent Valuation studies can be detected and corrected by means of … effect of protest responses would cause an upwards bias of the final estimates of WTP …
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This study tests the hypothesis that hypothetical bias may not be related to value elicitation; rather it may be a … no evidence of hypothetical bias for three different commodity types (public good, private good, and publicly provided … support the hypothesis that the process of forming values in a homegrown setting may be a key contributor to hypothetical bias …
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the dataset, and, if there is sample selection bias, they lead to biased estimates for the wtp measure. We propose a … survey design, and a sample selection model, that allows taking into account, and correcting, the possible bias due to … that sample selection models may present estimation problems because of the flatness of the likelihood function: in some …
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Nested logit has become common in estimating random utility models of recreation demand. Because welfare analysis is often the objective of estimating these models, it seems natural to ask, what effect does the choice of nesting structure have on the welfare estimates generated by these models?...
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Nitrates in drinking water, which may come from nitrogen fertilizers applied to crops, are a potential health risk. This report evaluates the potential benefits of reducing human exposure to nitrates in the drinking water supply. In a survey, respondents were asked a series of questions about...
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This paper reports on a contingent valuation study eliciting willingness to pay for a public program for the preservation of lagoon, beach and infrastructure in the island of S. Erasmo in the Lagoon of Venice. A referendum dichotomous choice approach with a follow-up question is used to obtain...
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This paper reports on a contingent valuation study eliciting willingness to pay for a public program for the preservation of lagoon, beach and infrastructure in the island of S. Erasmo in the Lagoon of Venice. A referendum dichotomous choice approach with a follow-up question is used to obtain...
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