Revisiting cheap talk with new evidence from a field experiment

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 280-291

  Silva, Andres ^a   Nayga Jr , Rodolfo M ^b   Campbell, Benjamin L ^c   Park, John L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c Vineland Research and Innovation Centre   (Canada)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BDM; Cheap talk; Field experiment; Hypothetical bias; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 81855228789     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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