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Demand Revelation, Hypothetical Bias, and Threshold Public Goods Provision

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  • Yohei Mitani
  • Nicholas E. Flores

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  • Yohei Mitani & Nicholas E. Flores, 2009. "Demand Revelation, Hypothetical Bias, and Threshold Public Goods Provision," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 44(2), pages 231-243, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:enreec:v:44:y:2009:i:2:p:231-243
    DOI: 10.1007/s10640-009-9281-9
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    Keywords

    Demand revelation; Gender differences; Hypothetical bias; Induced-value; Stated preference methods; Threshold public goods experiments; Q51; C91; H41;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q51 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Valuation of Environmental Effects
    • C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods

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