Referendum contingent valuation, anchoring, and willingness to pay for public goods
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Willingness to Pay: Referendum Contingent Valuation and Uncert
The use of contingent valuation (CV) methods to estimate benefits has become increasingly common in project analysis. Ever since the NOAA Blue Ribbon Panel Report in 1993 (NOAA, 1993) recommended the use of the referendum form of CV, it seems to have become the method of choice in practical settings. Referendum-type questions are thought to be easier to answer than the open-ended variety. But t...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Resource and Energy Economics
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0928-7655
DOI: 10.1016/s0928-7655(97)00031-6