Donovan, Geoffrey H.; Nicholls, David L. 2003. Estimating consumer willingness to pay a price premium for Alaska secondary wood products. Res. Pap. PNWRP-553. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 7 p. Dichotomous choice contingent valuation survey techniques were used to estimate mean willingness to pay (WTP) a price premium for made-...

Industrial expansion around Beijing in China has resulted in the increasing pollution of surface waters. This paper reports on the application of a contingent valuation survey to determine the value to the Beijing population of maintaining river water quality in one or all the rivers in the region. The survey revealed that the values that the population have for clean river water include a cons...

BACKGROUND Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. COPD is characterized by poor treatment adherence, and patient medication preferences may contribute to adherence. METHODS A discrete choice experiment with an internet panel drawn from the USA was used to evaluate preference and willingness to pay (WTP) of COPD patients for long-a...

BACKGROUND This study assessed willingness to pay for National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) among public servants in Juba City. NHIF is the proposed health insurance scheme for South Sudan and aims at achieving universal health coverage for the entire nation's population. One compounding issue is that over the years, governments' spending on healthcare has been decreasing from 8.4% of national ...

The discovery of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as ‘mad cow disease’, in Japan caused anxiety about consuming beef and beef products. As a result, there was a sudden fall in sales of beef that hurt the Japanese beef industry as well as major beef exporters to Japan. We analyse factors that affect Japanese consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) price premiums for BSE-tested ...

We conducted a multi-country study to estimate the perceived economic values of traffic-related air pollution and noise health risks within the framework of a large European project. We used contingent valuation as a method to assess the willingness-to-pay (WTP) for both types of pollutants simultaneously. We asked respondents how much they would be willing to pay annually to avoid certain heal...

BACKGROUND Alive & Thrive Vietnam, a 6-year initiative (2009-2014), has developed and incorporated elements of social franchising into government health services to provide high-quality nutrition counseling services to improve infant and young child feeding practices. One element of franchising that has not yet been implemented is fee for service, which is a potential financing mechanism for su...

OBJECTIVE Recently, we have seen an increase in the number of studies that measured the willingness to pay (WTP) for medical services using the contingent valuation method (CVM) and evaluated the benefits of these services. This study aimed to measure the general public's WTP for cancer screening with positron emission tomography (PET) and to determine consumer characteristics that may affect t...

In this study, we examine whether Willingness To Pay (WTP) for green energy is related to hope and several attitudes towards climate change, namely, denial, worry level of understanding. Using cross-sectional data comprising answers from 905 respondents the Netherlands, find that people who are more generally hopeful willing pay energy, but only if not based on denial severity issue. addition, ...

OBJECTIVES This study estimates the value that clients place on methadone maintenance and how this value varies with the effectiveness of treatment and availability of case management. We provide the first estimate of the price elasticity of the demand for drug treatment. METHODS We interviewed 241 heroin users who had been referred to, but had not yet entered, methadone maintenance treatment...