Testing the fundamental assumption of choice experiments: Are values absolute or relative?

Working Paper - Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment

Volumn , Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-21

  Luisetti, Tiziana ^a   Bateman, Ian J ^a   Turner, R Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Coastal zone management; Managed realignment; Preference construction; Range bias effect; Valuation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 59349121774     PISSN: 09678875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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