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Experimental methods in economics respond to circumstances that are not completely dictated by accepted theory or … outstanding problems. While the field of economics makes sharp distinctions and produces precise theory, the work of experimental … relevant theory. At a recent conference, a question was asked about where experimental methods might be more useful than field …
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'Until not much more than 20 years ago, economists frequently lamented the fact that they were limited in their empirical analyses to statistical assessments of market behavior, because controlled economic experiments were (thought to be) infeasible, unethical, or both. Much has changed in the...
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We estimate the willingness-to-pay (WTP) for conserving crop varieties for ten years in the Czech Republic using a double-bounded dichotomous choice model to analyze data collected with an online contingent valuation survey administered to a main country-wide sample of 1037 respondents and a...
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This paper establishes an economic theory of information value and volume that differs from Shannon's mathematical … theory of communication (Shannon, 1948). The economics of information should be recognized as an important frontier field of …
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The market for voluntary carbon offsets has grown steadily in the last decade, yet it remains a very small niche. Most emissions from business travel are still not offset. This paper exploits a unique dataset examining the decision to purchase carbon offsets at two academic conferences in...
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