There is a growing body of evidence in the non-market valuation literaturesuggesting that responses to a sequence of discrete choice questions tend to violate theassumptions typically made by analysts regarding independence of responses andstability of preferences. Decision processes (or...

Researchers are seeking effective, low cost means of gathering high quality data. Technological advancements offer new avenues for achieving this objective. Web based surveys are relatively common outside the economics discipline however applied non-market valuation practitioners have been slow...

Peaches with PDO Calanda are one of the 20 fruits with PDO existing in Spain. The aim of this work is tounderstand how consumers make their choices based on the most important peaches’ attributes and levels. In thiswork, 4 attributes with 3 levels in each attribute have been considered (price:...

Price search enables consumers to overcome information asymmetries, it can lead to a reduction in price dispersion and it can increase consumer surplus, but search is costly. In this paper, an internet survey is conducted among a random sample of 490 drivers in the State of Ohio to answer the...

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Despite wetlands being amongst the Earth’s most productive ecosystems, they have been degraded and lost at an unprecedented rate globally, especially throughout the last century. In recognition of the importance of the crucial ecological functions and economic benefits they provide,...

According to neoclassical economic theory, a stated preference elicitationformat comprising a single binary choice between the status quo and one alternative isincentive compatible under certain conditions. Formats typically used in choiceexperiments comprising a sequence of discrete choice...

There is a growing body of evidence in the non-market valuation literaturesuggesting that responses to a sequence of discrete choice questions tend to violate theassumptions typically made by analysts regarding independence of responses andstability of preferences. Heuristics such as value...