The discrete choice experiment (DCE) is introduced in sports economics by empirically investigating soccer attendees' preferences for facilities at a soccer stadium in Denmark. The appropriateness of the strategy of differentiating prices based on quality of opponents (A vs. B matches) is...

Valuing health outcomes is a fundamental concern in health economics. This article considers a measure of health outcomes: the Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY). The QALY has been used extensively for two main reasons: (1) it arguably values health outcomes in a more acceptable metric than money...

All networks for the transportation of people, commodities, goods, information and services, both traditional (infrastructure), and innovative ("infostructure") that embody and develop technology, that are capable of evolving and at the same time of integrating and creating new markets, of...

Cumulative effects assessments have been defined as environmental assessments done well. However, socioeconomic studies within the EIA process seldom adequately address cumulative effects. One of the reasons for this is that the socioeconomic tools used in the EIA process have not been evaluated...

This paper seeks to reconcile evaluative practice with theory, focusing on the micro-evaluation of UK regional industrial policy. Two issues are examined: the measurement of the pecuniary external effects, including displacement and linkages; and the concept of 'additionality', which is central...

Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) has been an important tool for transport planners for several decades. Despite its popularity it has often been criticized for several reasons, amongst other things, because the tool has some insolvable limitations when it is applied in practice. In this paper we...

Life-threatening illnesses in young people are traumatic for patients and their families. Support services can help patients and families deal with various non-medical impacts of diagnosis, disease and treatment. The aim of this study was to determine which types of support are most valued by...

It has been suggested that complementary medicines are currently ‘under-regulated’ in some countries due to their potential for harm as a direct result from side-effects or interactions; from delaying more effective care; or from the economic cost of purchasing an ineffective or inappropriate...

The paper aims at valuing consumers’ willingness to pay for environmental attributes of a cut flower using choice experiment and hence identifying the presence of a hypothetical market for environmental friendly flowers. Considering the local and global environmental impacts of floriculture,...