Testing scope sensitivity in environmental valuation DCEs
Testing scope sensitivity in environmental valuation DCEs Scope sensitivity - WTP increasing with the scope of environmental improvement - is a fundamental validity criterion for...
Articles tagged:environment
Pre-identifying protest respondents in environmental DCEs
Pre-identifying protest respondents in environmental DCEs Protest responses can be partially anticipated before the choice tasks begin. Pre-screening attitudes can improve data quality and inform...
Controlling for warm glow in environmental DCE surveys
Controlling for warm glow in environmental DCE surveys Warm glow - the moral satisfaction of appearing to support environmental causes - inflates stated WTP in...
Writing effective payment vehicle text in environmental DCEs
Writing effective payment vehicle text in environmental DCEs How you describe the payment mechanism in an environmental DCE is as important as which mechanism you...
General population sampling for environmental valuation studies
General population sampling for environmental valuation studies Environmental valuation studies typically target the general public - but 'general public' needs to be defined precisely to...
Using DCE evidence in environmental impact assessment
Using DCE evidence in environmental impact assessment Environmental impact assessment increasingly requires quantified evidence of the value of environmental goods affected by proposed developments. DCEs...
DCE evidence in environmental cost-benefit analysis
DCE evidence in environmental cost-benefit analysis Environmental cost-benefit analysis requires monetary estimates of benefits that standard market data cannot provide. DCEs are the gold standard...
WTP estimation for environmental goods
WTP estimation for environmental goods WTP estimates for environmental improvements are the primary output of environmental valuation DCEs - and they must be estimated and...
Modelling protest responses in environmental DCE analysis
Modelling protest responses in environmental DCE analysis How you model protest responses matters as much as how you detect them. Simple exclusion biases WTP upward;...
Why use a DCE for environmental valuation?
Why use a DCE for environmental valuation? Environmental goods have value but no market price. DCEs estimate that value rigorously enough for policy use. Why...
Non-market valuation - methods and applications
Non-market valuation – methods and applications Or how can you put a price on the environment? Non-market valuation methods estimate the economic value of goods...
Choosing the payment vehicle in environmental DCEs
Choosing the payment vehicle in environmental DCEs The payment vehicle determines what respondents think they are actually agreeing to pay. It affects WTP estimates as...
Opt-out design in environmental valuation choice experiments
Opt-out design in environmental valuation choice experiments The opt-out alternative is contested in environmental DCEs. Excluding it biases WTP upward; including it requires careful handling...
Scope insensitivity as a data quality indicator in environmental DCEs
Scope insensitivity as a data quality indicator in environmental DCEs Scope insensitivity is not just a validity threat - it is a data quality signal...
Detecting and handling protest responses in environmental DCEs
Detecting and handling protest responses in environmental DCEs Protest responses in environmental DCEs are not data quality failures - they are genuine expressions of objection...
Stakeholder sampling in environmental preference studies
Stakeholder sampling in environmental preference studies Environmental policies often affect specific stakeholder groups - farmers, fishers, land managers, local communities - whose preferences may differ...