Can stated measures of willingness-to-accept be valid? Evidence from laboratory experiments
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- Lloyd-Smith, P. & Adamowicz, V., 2018. "Can Stated Measures of Willingness-to-Accept be Valid? Evidence from Laboratory Experiments," 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia 277241, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
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Keywords
Willingness-to-accept; Stated preference; Consequentiality; Strategic behavior;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C83 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Survey Methods; Sampling Methods
- D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
- Q51 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Valuation of Environmental Effects
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