Detecting Starting Point Bias in Dichotomous-Choice Contingent Valuation Surveys
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- Marcella Veronesi & Anna Alberini & Joseph Cooper, 2011. "Implications of Bid Design and Willingness-To-Pay Distribution for Starting Point Bias in Double-Bounded Dichotomous Choice Contingent Valuation Surveys," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 49(2), pages 199-215, June.
- Alberini, Anna & Veronesi, Marcella & Cooper, Joseph C., 2005. "Detecting Starting Point Bias in Dichotomous-Choice Contingent Valuation Surveys," Sustainability Indicators and Environmental Valuation Working Papers 12230, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM).
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Keywords
Anchoring; Dichotomous choice contingent valuation; Starting point bias; Double-bounded models; Estimation bias;All these keywords.
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- Q51 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Valuation of Environmental Effects
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DCM-2005-12-09 (Discrete Choice Models)
- NEP-ECM-2005-12-09 (Econometrics)
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