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Using Cheap-Talk as a Test of Validity in Choice Experiments

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Carlsson, Fredrik () (Department of Economics, School of Economics and Commercial Law, Göteborg University)
Frykblom, Peter (Department of Economics, Appalachian State University)
Lagerkvist, Carl-Johan () (Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)

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Abstract

In two experiments on the choice of consumer goods, the estimated marginal willingness to pay for food are found to be lower in the survey version with cheap talk. Our test can be seen as a test of hypothetical bias. This implies we cannot reject the hypothesis of a hypothetical bias for marginal WTP in choice experiments.

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Paper provided by Göteborg University, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers in Economics with number 128.

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Date of creation: 12 Mar 2004
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Keywords: hypothetical WTP; cheap talk; incentive compatibility;

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C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
Q13 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness

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