Is cheap talk effective at eliminating hypothetical bias in a provision point mechanism?

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 327-343

  Murphy, James J ^a   Stevens, Thomas H ^a   Weatherhead, Darryl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Experiments; Hypothetical bias; Voluntary contributions

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FINANCE;

HYPOTHETICAL BIAS; HYPOTHETICAL VALUATION; PAYMENTS; UNBIASED RESPONSES;

ECONOMICS;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES;

EID: 17644390299     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-004-4224-y     Document Type: Article

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