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 …

Over the past two decades, hundreds of stated preference studies have been conducted in
less-developed countries. This article examines what has been learned on the …

A person may be willing to make an economic tradeoff to assure that a wilderness area or
scenic resource is protected even if neither that person nor (perhaps) anyone else will …

1. The foundations of economic valuation 1.1 The uses of economic valuation 1.2 The nature
of economic valuation and economic efficiency 1.3 Economic valuation and other values 1.4 …

Surveys are frequently used by businesses and governments to elicit information about the
public's preferences. They have become the most common way to gather preference …

Contingent valuation (CV) has become one of the most widely usednon-market valuation
techniques. CV's prominence is due to itsflexibility and ability to estimate total value …

In recent years, increasing attention has been given to the statistical aspects of contingent
valuation (CV) survey design and data analysis. The main reason for the growing interest in …

The economic value of rare, threatened and endangered species to citizens of the USA has
been measured using the contingent valuation method for 18 different species. Annual …

Participants in contingent valuation surveys and jurors setting punitive damages in civil trials
provide answers denominated in dollars. These answers are better understood as …

The environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) is an empirical regularity showing how some
pollutants increase and then decrease with rising per capita incomes. Popular discussions …