Ordering effects and choice set awareness in repeat-response stated preference studies

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-91

  Day, Brett ^a   Bateman, Ian J ^a   Carson, Richard T ^b   Dupont, Diane ^c   Louviere, Jordan J ^d   Morimoto, Sanae ^e   Scarpa, Riccardo ^f   Wang, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Advanced disclosure; Discrete choice experiment; Ordering effect; Stated preference

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED DISCLOSURE; CHOICE BEHAVIORS; DISCRETE CHOICE; ORDERING EFFECTS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; STATED PREFERENCES; STATED-PREFERENCE STUDIES;

WATER QUALITY;

EXPERIMENTS;

DATA INTERPRETATION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84859330657     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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