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Contingent valuation and endangered species : methodological issues and applications

Jakobsson, Kristin M.; Dragun, Andrew K. - 1996

Contingent Valuation and Endangered Species provides a comprehensive and rigorous examination of the contingent valuation method as applied to the profound social problem of biodiversity conservation. The contingent valuation method allows the explicit identification and valuation of the non-use...

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Economic valuation of river systems

Hitzhusen, Fredrick J. (contributor) - 2007

1. The role of biology and ecological engineering in watershed and river restoration -- 2. Codification, case studies, and methods for economic analysis of river systems -- 3. Estimating willingness to pay for additional protection of Ohio surface waters : contingent valuation of water quality...

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Redesigning environmental valuation : mixing methods within stated preference techniques

Powe, Neil A. - 2007

Introduction -- Need for public consultation and stated preference -- Stated preference : methods and challenges -- Qualitative methods -- Interpreting stated preference responses -- Investigating sensitivity to scope -- Constructing better preferences? -- Communal nature of stated preference --...

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Handbook on contingent valuation

Alberini, Anna (contributor); Kahn, James R. (contributor) - 2006

The Handbook on Contingent Valuation is unique in that it focuses on contingent valuation as a method for evaluating environmental change. It examines econometric issues, conceptual underpinnings, implementation issues as well as alternatives to contingent valuation. Anna Alberini and James Kahn...

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The economics of non-selfish behaviour : decisions to contribute money to public goods

Meier, Stephan - 2006

In standard economic theory human beings are portrayed as selfish money-maximizing actors. This book investigates the conditions under which people deviate from this prediction and when they are prepared to contribute to the common good in a more altruistic fashion. Based on field experiments...

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The contingent valuation of natural parks : assessing the warmglow propensity factor

Nunes, Paulo Augusto Lourenço Dias Nunes - 2002

The contingent valuation technique for measuring the economic value of environmental goods and services has become increasingly popular in recent years and has many advantages over other revealed or stated preference methods. It has been criticised, however, for being inconsistent with economic...

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Economic valuation with stated preference techniques : a manual

Bateman, Ian (contributor) - 2002

This manual offers a detailed, up-to-date explanation of how to carry out economic valuation using stated preference techniques. It is relevant for the application of these techniques to all non-market goods and services including air and water quality; provision of public open space; health care...

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Valuing environmental and natural resources : the econometrics of non-market valuation

Haab, Timothy C. - 2002

Non-market valuation has become a broadly accepted and widely practiced means of measuring the economic values of the environment and natural resources. In this book, the authors provide a guide to the statistical and econometric practices that economists employ in estimating non-market values

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The economics of household garbage and recycling behavior

Fullerton, Don (ed.); Kinnaman, Thomas C. (ed.); … - 2002

The market for residential solid waste management and disposal has experienced dramatic changes over the past 20 years … interested in knowing the best strategy for managing solid waste. The editors, both long-time scholars of these trends, offer …

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Handbook on waste management

Takeuchi, Kenji (contributor); … - 2014

The significant challenges associated with managing waste continue to attract international scholarly attention. This … underpinnings are also explored thoroughly - the Handbook serves to further the understanding of the behaviors of waste generators … and waste processors and the array of policies influencing these behaviors. The Handbook reveals how, broadly speaking …

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