A learning design for reducing hypothetical bias in the contingent valuation method

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-221

  Bjornstad, David ^a   Cummings, Ronald ^b   Osborne, Laura ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Experimental economics; Hypothetical bias

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION;

CONTINGENT VALUATION (CV) METHOD; HYPOTHETICAL BIAS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

BIAS REDUCTION; CONTINGENT VALUATION; HYPOTHETICAL BIAS;

EID: 0031259925     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026423201797     Document Type: Article

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