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Defining Groundwater Remediation Objectives with Cost-benefit Analysis: Does It Work?

Rinaudo, Jean-Daniel; Aulong, Stéphanie - HAL - 2014

The use of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is increasingly advocated as a tool for supporting water planning decisions, in particular at the local (site) level. This paper questions whether CBA is relevant for evaluating groundwater management options at the scale of large regional aquifers. It...

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Willingness-to-pay for road safety improvement

Haddak, Mohamed Mouloud; Havet, Nathalie; Lefèvre, Marie - HAL - 2014

Few studies have explored, to date, the issue of the monetary valuation of non-fatal injuries caused by road traffic accidents. The present paper arises interest in this question and aims to estimate, by means of the contingent valuation, the willingness to pay (WTP) of French households to...

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Insurance demand under ambiguity and conflict for extreme risks : Evidence from a large representative survey

Dupont-Courtade, Théodora - HAL - 2012

This paper investigates how the general public behaves when confronted with low probability events and ambiguity in an insurance context. It reports the results of a questionnaire completed by a large representative sample of the French population that aims at separating attitudes toward risk,...

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What are Households Willing to Pay for Better Tap Water Quality ? A Cross-Country Valuation Study

Beaumais, Olivier; Briand, Anne; Millock, Katrin; … - HAL - 2010

Using a unique cross-section sample from 10 OECD countries, we estimate willingness to pay for better quality of tap water. On the pooled sample, households are only willing to pay 7.5% of the median annual water bill to improve the quality of tap water. The highest relative willingness to pay...

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Definition, Measurement and Determinants of the Consumer's Willingness to Pay: a Critical Synthesis and Directions for Further Research

Gall-Ely, Marine Le - HAL - 2009

Differentiated prices, bundling, Web auctions : firms' pricing practices are evolving. When there is no market or for customised pricing, the willingness-to-pay concept seems to be interesting. This article aims at presenting a synthesis of the marketing research stream relative to willingness...

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The improvement of the sanitation services in Moshi (Tanzania)

Milanesi, Julien; Mhina, Amos; Contamin, Bernard - HAL - 2006

Tanzania has created, since the mid-90s, an original institutional framework for water and sanitation management made of a mix of decentralized initiative and public control. This article presents this framework and its functioning on sanitation issues in the town of Moshi, a medium-sized town...

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A TEST OF CHEAP TALK IN DIFFERENT HYPOTHETICAL CONTEXTS: THE CASE OF AIR POLLUTION

Ami, Dominique; Aprahamian, Frédéric; Chanel, Olivier; … - HAL - 2009

We explore the influence of a neutral cheap talk script in three typical scenarios used in the CV literature devoted to the valuation of air pollution effects. We show that cheap talk has a differentiated effect depending on the scenario implemented. It decreases protest responses with no effect...

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The improvement of the sanitation services in Moshi (Tanzania). Demand Analysis and Sector Regulation

Mhina, Amos; Contamin, Bernard; Milanesi, Julien; … - HAL - 2003

Following an invitation to tender of the French Foreign Office on research on management of urban waste-water in developing countries, a consortium of institutions from France and Tanzania has been created in 2000. The proposition of the consortium has been accepted; it included a research project...

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Willingness to Pay of Committed Citizens: A Field Experiment

Ami, Dominique; Chanel, Olivier; Aprahamian, Frédéric; … - HAL - 2008

In this paper, we propose a behavioural approach to determine the extent to which the consumer/citizen distinction affects interpretations of monetary values. We perform a field experiment dealing with air pollution, where some (randomly selected) subjects are given the opportunity to behave...

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" I'd rather play than look at statues ": The Experiences of Children with Art Works and Interactive Devices at an Art Exhibition

Debenedetti, Stéphane; Caro, Florence; Krebs, Anne - HAL - 2009

Young children have been largely neglected in research dedicated to the art museum experience. The art exhibition "Tête … article shows that children's attention is clearly drawn more towards interactive devices than art works, yet at the same time …, the hypothesis that interactive devices are directly detrimental to children's reception of art works could not be …

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