Proportionality of willingness to pay to small changes in risk: The impact of attitudinal factors in scope tests

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-186

  Leiter, Andrea M ^a   Pruckner, Gerald J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Scope test; Sensitivity of WTP; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; RESOURCE VALUATION; SURVEYS;

ATTITUDINAL FACTORS; AUSTRIA; CONTINGENT VALUATIONS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIOR EXPERIENCE; SENSITIVITY OF WTP; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

AVALANCHE; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TESTING METHOD; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 58549114671     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-008-9214-z     Document Type: Article

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