Truth in consequentiality: theory and field evidence on discrete choice experiments

CA Vossler, M Doyon, D Rondeau - American Economic Journal …, 2012 - pubs.aeaweb.org
This paper explores methodological issues surrounding the use of discrete choice
experiments to elicit values for public goods. We develop an explicit game theoretic model of …

Alternative value elicitation formats in contingent valuation: Mechanism design and convergent validity

CA Vossler, JS Holladay - Journal of Public Economics, 2018 - Elsevier
To date, much of the theoretical work on the incentive properties of contingent valuation
surveys has focused on the oft-recommended single binary choice (SBC), referendum …

Professional norms and physician behavior: homo oeconomicus or homo hippocraticus?

I Kesternich, H Schumacher, J Winter - Journal of Public Economics, 2015 - Elsevier
Physicians' treatment decisions determine the level of health care spending to a large
extent. The analysis of physician agency describes how doctors trade off their own and their …

Can stated measures of willingness-to-accept be valid? Evidence from laboratory experiments

P Lloyd-Smith, W Adamowicz - Journal of Environmental Economics and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Willingness-to-accept (WTA) questions have been largely abandoned in stated
preference empirical work in favor of eliciting willingness-to-pay (WTP) responses, mainly …

Fear of fraud and willingness to pay for hybrid maize seed in Kenya

MH Gharib, LH Palm-Forster, TJ Lybbert, KD Messer - Food Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Concerns about poor seed quality and outright fraud in seed supply chains can reduce
farmers' willingness to invest in hybrid seeds and in complementary inputs that increase …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the relevance, credibility and legitimacy of a novel participatory online tool

M Juschten, I Omann - Environmental Science & Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Given the immense pressure on politicians across the globe to implement efficient yet
socially-accepted climate policies, research on policy acceptance becomes increasingly …

The impact of expiration dates labels on hedonic markets for perishable products

T Li, KD Messer, HM Kaiser - Food Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
This study draws inferences from a pre-registered field experiment to investigate how
expiration dates impact consumer preferences for food products with different ages. Based …

Do consumer responses to media food safety information last?

R Dillaway, KD Messer, JC Bernard… - Applied Economic …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Using experimental methods with adult subjects from the mid‐Atlantic region of the United
States, this research examines both the short‐and longer‐term impacts of media information …

Induced-value tests of contingent valuation elicitation mechanisms

CA Vossler, M McKee - Environmental and resource economics, 2006 - Springer
Using an induced-value experimental design that varies whether values for a “good” are
certain or uncertain and whether payment is real or hypothetical, this study investigates …

A field experiment to estimate the effects of anchoring and framing on residents' willingness to purchase water runoff management technologies

T Li, JR Fooks, KD Messer, PJ Ferraro - Resource and Energy Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
Watersheds throughout the world have been severely polluted by nutrient-laden runoff that
comes from industrial, agricultural, and residential sources. Efforts to reduce this runoff have …