Value estimates for environmental goods can be obtained by either estimating preference
parameters as “revealed” through behavior related to some aspect of the amenity or using …

This article proposes contemporary best-practice recommendations for stated preference
(SP) studies used to inform decision making, grounded in the accumulated body of peer …

Non-market valuation has become a broadly accepted and widely practiced means of
measuring the economic values of the environment and natural resources. In this book, the …

As policymakers and researchers focus more on the question of the impact of governance in
economic development, they have required measures of the quality of governance to set …

Abstract Contingent Valuation in Practice takes the reader through each of the basic steps in
the design and administration of a contingent-valuation study. The text is written for the …

It is often difficult to determine what actually was done in work involving data collected with
stated preference surveys because the terms used to describe various procedures have …

This paper reports on a new methodology to estimate the “cost of crime.” It is adapted from
the contingent valuation method used in the environmental economics literature and is itself …

Donation payment mechanisms are well suited forsome contingent valuation studies. In
aneffort to better understand the discrepancythat has been consistently found between …

We present the results of a contingent valuation survey eliciting willingness to pay (WTP) for
mortality risk reductions. The survey was self-administered using a computer by 930 persons …

This paper summarizes the long history of the contingent valuation method, stressing the
important dates and events that influenced its economic applications. It reviews the …