Determining the Value of Non-Marketed Goods: Economics, Psychological, and Policy Relevant Aspects of Contingent Valuation Methods (Studies in Risk and Uncertainty, No 10)
Год выпуска: 0 Автор: R. J. Kopp, W. W. Pommerehne, N. Schwarz Издательство: Страниц: 0 ISBN: 0792399803
Описание
Contingent valuation (CV) measures what is called passive use value or existence value. The CV method has been used to measure the benefits of environmental policy actions. CV measures of economic value rely on choice. In CV studies, choices are posed topeople in surveys; analysts then use the responses to these choice questions to construct monetary measures of value. The specific mechanism used to elicit respondents' choices can take a variety of forms, including asking survey respondents whether theywould purchase, vote, or pay for a program or some other well-defined object of choice. It can also be a direct elicitation of the amount each respondent would be willing to pay (WTP) to obtain an object of choice or the amount each respondent would be willing to accept (WTA) in compensation to give it up. This volume is composed of three sections. The first section provides background into the issues underlying the public and academic discussion regarding CV and the reliability of CV...
