What's to know about hypothetical bias in stated preference valuation studies?

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 363-370

  Loomis, John ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent Valuation Method; Experiments; Validity

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONTINGENT VALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL STUDY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 79952289693     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: 14676419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6419.2010.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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