Choice Experiments (CE) are widely used to estimate the values of changes in non-market goods and services. A cost attribute is typically included in a CE questionnaire to enable the estimation of monetary values for changes in the non-market attributes presented. Notwithstanding the central...

1. The dynamics of paternalism: The Naïf, The Slicker and The Busybody -- 2. A Country Banker -- 3. Mr. Thompkins Comes to Town: Buyer Beware -- 4. After the Fakirs -- 5. A Wise Man to Look Out for you -- 6. The Busybody’s Heavy Hand -- 7. The Banker Shunned -- 8. "You Can Fool Some of the...

The proposed federal regulation oforganic agriculture in the United States raisesquestions both about the nature and character oforganic farming, as well as its relation to theagro-food system at large. The regulatory process hasengendered a public debate about conventional andalternative...