A comparison of approaches to mitigate hypothetical bias

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-180

  Champ, Patricia A ^a   Moore, Rebecca ^b   Bishop, Richard C ^c,d,e  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Cheap talk; Contingent valuation; Follow up certainty; Hypothetical bias; Nonmarket valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955243591     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S106828050000318X     Document Type: Review

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