Cost thresholds, cut-offs and sensitivities in stated choice analysis: Identification and implications

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 396-411

  Campbell, Danny ^a   Hensher, David A ^b   Scarpa, Riccardo ^c,d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attribute non attendance; Discrete choice experiments; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ATTRIBUTE NON-ATTENDANCE; DATA SETS; DISCRETE CHOICE; FISH SPECIES; IRELAND; LATENT CLASS MODEL; MODEL FIT; PREFERENCE HETEROGENEITY; PROBABILISTIC DECISIONS; STATED CHOICE; WELFARE ANALYSIS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

COSTS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

DATA SET; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FISH; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; RARE SPECIES; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 84860573616     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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