Provision point mechanisms and field validity tests of contingent valuation

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 105-131

  Poe, Gregory L ^a,b   Clark, Jeremy E ^c   Rondeau, Daniel ^d   Schulze, William D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Experimental economics; Provision point mechanism; Validity

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ELECTRICITY;

PROVISION POINT MECHANISMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; TESTING METHOD; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 0036748135     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020242907259     Document Type: Article

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