In recent years, an intensive debate on the economic valuation of biodiversity has entered
the environmental-economics literature. The present paper seeks to offer first a critical …

The first edition of this important work was the winner of the 2002 Publication of Enduring
Quality award by the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. The …

Motivated by the 2006 report of a Work Group appointed by the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), this paper examines the present state of meta-analysis in environmental …

Contingent valuation (CV) has been argued to have theoretical advantages over other
approaches for benefit valuation used by health economists. Yet, in reality, the technique …

This paper describes meta-analytical methods as they have been appliedto non-market
valuation research. These studies have been used to reviewand synthesize literature and …

There is a growing concern that human health impacts from exposure to wildfire smoke are
ignored in estimates of monetized damages from wildfires. Current research highlights the …

Background: Medication nonadherence is high among patients with bipolar disorder, and
may lead to poor clinical outcomes, decreased quality of life, and increased resource …

Subjects with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) enrolled in an online panel were asked to evaluate
pairs of treatment alternatives with different attributes. Half of the sample saw a cheap-talk …

We present an economic welfare‐based method to estimate the health costs associated with
foodborne illness caused by known viruses, bacteria, parasites, allergens, two marine …

We use the contingent valuation (CV) method to estimate mothers' willingness to pay (WTP)
to protect themselves and their children from suffering a minor illness—a cold—in Taiwan …