Are choice experiments incentive compatible? A test with quality differentiated beef steaks

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 467-482

  Lusk, Jayson L ^a   Schroeder, Ted C ^b  

^a Purdue University ^*  (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjoint analysis; CVM; Heteroskedastic extreme value model; Hypothetical bias; Multinomial probit; Random parameters logit

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; TESTING METHOD; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 2142815787     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0092-5853.2004.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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