This study compares hypothetical and nonhypothetical responses to choice experiment
questions. We test for hypothetical bias in a choice experiment involving beef ribeye steaks …

This study compares the performance of four commonly used approaches to measure
consumers' willingness to pay with real purchase data (REAL): the open-ended (OE) …

Abstract Contingent Valuation in Practice takes the reader through each of the basic steps in
the design and administration of a contingent-valuation study. The text is written for the …

In recent years, increasing attention has been given to the statistical aspects of contingent
valuation (CV) survey design and data analysis. The main reason for the growing interest in …

This paper presents a simple computational method for measuring the difference of
independent empirical distributions estimated by bootstrap** or other resampling …

We present an experiment designed to investigate the presence and nature of ordering
effects within repeat-response stated preference (SP) studies. Our experiment takes the form …

The Water Framework Directive is a major regulatory reform of water resources
management within the European Union. Integrated catchment management plans must be …

This paper develops a multiple bounded discrete choice elicitation technique that allows
respondents to express their level of voting certainty for a wide range of referendum …

Development of renewable energy resources, such as wind farms and hydro-electric
schemes, are being promoted as a new method of expanding and diversifying employment …

Benefit transfer is increasingly being used by decision makers as a way of estimating
environmental values suitable for use in benefit cost analysis. However, recent studies …