The paper presents the results of the first test–retest study on choice experiments in environmental valuation. In a survey concerning landscape externalities of onshore wind power in central Germany, respondents answered the same five choice sets at two different points in time. Each choice...

The expansion of renewable energy is a central element of the German Federal Government's climate and energy policy. The target for 2020 is to produce 30% of the electricity from renewable energies. Wind power has been selected to be a major contributor to this change. Replacing old wind...

Zehn Jahre nach Wiedererlangung der deutschen Einheit stagniert der wirtschaftliche Aufholprozess Ostdeutschlands. Gleichzeitig bilden sich intra-regionale Entwicklungsunterschiede in den neuen Ländern heraus. Axel Klaphake geht den Ursachen dieser Entwicklung auf der Grundlage neuerer...

Many inhabitants of Berlin enjoy bathing in lakes and rivers during the summer. However, so far no data exist about who goes bathing and what quality bathers expect from bathing sites. In an online survey conducted during the summer of 2007 respondents were presented with a choice experiment...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to elicit young economists’ job preferences through the use of a choice experiment (CE). Design/methodology/approach: A CE conducted at a total of five universities in Spain, the Czech Republic and Germany. After estimating a random parameter logit model,...