INTRODUCTION Currently, policy makers in the Netherlands are discussing the possibility to expand the availability of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) from 12 hours to 24 hours per day. For this, the preferences of the general public towards both the positive effects and negative consequences of HEMS should be taken into account. Therefore, the willingness to pay (WTP) for lives sav...

We model how to measure consumer willingness-to-pay (WTP) from an English or ascending first-price auction based on two general bidding premises: no bidder bids more than her WTP, and no bidder allows a rival bidder to win at a price that she is willing to beat. We thus impose no structural assumptions on rationality of bidders or sellers. The proposed model is general enough to include buy-it-...

To evaluate whether small farmers are willing to accept the policy of sustainable use cultivated land such as green manure planting, we analyze payment preference and source heterogeneity farmer’s environmental attributes leguminous manure. A choice experiment method is conducted learn about toward The results suggest that with planting confidence pay for different Among them, willingness (WTP)...

Abstract Since meat is an important source of protein needed for human development across the world, responsible production and consumption products with a food quality safety scheme label one potential option to maintain social, economic environmental sustainability. The implementation this depends on high willingness-to-pay (WTP) certified safe foods among citizens. overarching aim study exam...

BACKGROUND There is an urgent need for universal access to modern contraceptives in Nigeria, to facilitate the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and other national goals. This study provides information on the potential role of community solidarity in increasing access to contraceptives for the most-poor people through exploration of the role of altruism by determining level of al...

In this paper we employ a stated preference environmental valuation technique, namely the choice experiment method, to estimate local public's willingness to pay (WTP) for improvements in the capacity and technology of a sewage treatment plant (STP) in Chandernagore municipality, located on the banks of the River Ganga in India. A pilot choice experiment study is administered to 150 randomly se...

Willingness to try (WTT) and willingness pay (WTP) for eggs produced from insect-fed hens the determinants of these behaviours were investigated in UK. Data a sample egg consumers (N=294) was collected using an online survey. Factors influencing WTT WTP evaluated binary logistic regression censored (Tobit) regression. Only 17% participants aware insects as potential animal feed. Most willing (7...

In order to determine the willingness of the population of São Carlos (a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil) to pay for the environmental protection (WTP) of the Feijão River's watershed, the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM), as well as the bidding-games technique, were used. In October 2010, 280 questionnaires were applied to a probabilistic sample of the population. A multivariate logist...