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Title:

Valuing environmental amenities using stated choice studies : a common sense approach to theory and practice / edited by Barbara J. Kanninen.

Publisher:

Springer,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xiii, 336 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Environmental economics.
Willingness to pay.
Environmental policy--Economic aspects.
Environmental policy--Cost effectiveness.
Environmental quality--Evaluation.
Decision making--Mathematical models.
Consumer behavior--Mathematical models.
Amenity migration.

Other Authors:

Kanninen, Barbara J. (Barbara Joan)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Getting started / Carol Mansfield and Subhrendu Pattanayak -- Survey methodologies for stated choice studies / Patricia A. Champ and Michael P. Welsh -- Supporting questions in stated choice studies / Alan Krupnick and W. L. Vic Adamowicz -- Making choice studies incentive compatible / Glenn W. Harrison -- How and how much? The role of information in stated choice questionnaires / Kristy E. Mathews, Miranda L. Freeman and William H. Desvousges -- Attribute processing in choice experiments and implications on willingness to pay / David A. Hensher -- Experimental design for stated choice studies / F. Reed Johnson, Barbara Kanninen, Matthew Bingham and Semra Özdemir -- Basic statistical models for stated choice studies / Anna Alberini, Alberto Longo and Marcella Veronesi -- Advanced choice models / Joffre Swait -- Computer software to estimate choice models / Daniel Hellerstein -- Judging quality / V. Kerry Smith.

Summary:

This book provides practical, research-based advice on how to conduct high-quality stated choice studies. It covers every aspect of the topic, from planning and writing the survey, to analyzing results, to evaluating quality. Chapters are provided on topics such as supporting questions and experimental design, as well as state-of-the-art multinomial choice modelling, attribute processing, the role of information, and lessons learned from the field of experimental economics.

Series:

Economics of non-market goods and resources ;

ISBN:

9781402053139 (e-book)
1402053134 (e-book)
9781402040641
1402040644

OCLC:

(OCoLC)80937655

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)