'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...

"Wem gehört das Wasser?" sucht über eine phänomenologische Annäherung an das Wasser das Einverständnis des Betrachters, dass ein Element, welches sich ständig im Fluss befindet, sich jedem Besitzanspruch entzieht, sei er politisch oder ökonomisch. Unter ökonomischen, ökologischen,...

Stated preference values for water quality ratings based on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Water Quality Inventory ratings provide an operational basis for benefit assessment. Iterative choice survey results for a very large, nationally representative, Web-based panel imply an...