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Measuring consumer well-being from using zero price digital services : the case of navigation apps and location-based services
Sobolewski, Maciej - 2021
. In the experiment, the respondents are confronted with a range of location-sharing conditions set by a navigation … from using basic satellite navigation without location-based functionalities is estimated at 8.06 EUR per month. Adding …Digital maps and navigation applications are considered an essential tool by 70% of smartphone users. As these apps …
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Attending to the reasons for attribute non-attendance in Choice Experiments
Alemu, Mohammed H.; Mørkbak, Morten Raun; Olsen, … - 2011
This paper focuses on behavioural reasons underlying stated attribute non-attendance. In order to identify and incorporate procedures for dealing with heterogeneous attribute processing strategies, we ask respondents follow-up questions regarding their reasons for ignoring attributes. Based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100969
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Do Flemish Households Value Renewables?
Pepermans, Guido - Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, … - 2011
This paper assesses whether and to what extent Flemish households are willing to pay for electricity generated with renewable resources. Via a choice experiment, households were offered the choice between as set of green electricity contracts, characterised by the renewables share in electricity...
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Risk-Aversion and Willingness to Pay for Energy Efficient Systems in Rental Apartments
Farsi, Mehdi - CER-ETH Center of Economic Research, Department of … - 2008
This paper uses a random utility model with a non-linear utility function to estimate the consumers’ valuation for energy efficient insulation and ventilation systems in apartment buildings. The proposed model is applied to data from a choice experiment conducted among 264 apartment tenants in...
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How much is too much? - An investigation of the effect of the number of choice sets, starting point and the choice of bid vectors in choice experiments
Carlsson, Fredrik; Martinsson, Peter - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2006
In a split sample design, we examine how the number of choice sets, design of the first choice set (starting point), and the choice of attribute levels in the cost attribute affect the precision in the elicited preferences in otherwise completely identical choice experiment surveys. These issues...
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Household Demand for Broadband Internet Service
Rosston, Gregory; Savage, Scott; Waldman, Donald - Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research … - 2010
As part of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) National Broadband Report to Congress, we have been asked to conduct a survey to help determine consumer valuations of different aspects of broadband Internet service. Our empirical results show that reliability and speed are important...
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Attending to the reasons for attribute non-attendance in Choice Experiments
Alemu, Mohammed Hussen; Mørkbak, Morten Raun; Olsen, … - Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi, … - 2011
This paper focuses on behavioural reasons underlying stated attribute non-attendance. In order to identify and incorporate procedures for dealing with heterogeneous attribute processing strategies, we ask respondents follow-up questions regarding their reasons for ignoring attributes. Based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147455
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The Climate Challenge for Agriculture and the Value of Climate Services: Application to Coffee-Farming in Peru
Lechthaler, Filippo; Vinogradova, Alexandra - 2016
The use of climate information in economic activities, typically provided by climate services, may serve as a possible adaptation strategy to changing climate conditions. The present paper analyzes the value of climate services aimed at improving agricultural productivity through a reduction in...
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Inferred vs Stated Attribute Non-Attendance in Choice Experiments: A Study of Doctors' Prescription Behaviour
Hole, Arne Risa; Kolstad, Julie Riise; Gyrd-Hansen, Dorte - Department of Economics, University of Sheffield - 2012
It is increasingly recognised that respondents to choice experiments employ heuristics such as attribute non-attendance (ANA) to simplify the choice tasks. This paper develops an econometric model which incorporates preference heterogeneity among respondents with different attribute processing...
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Estimation of indirect cost and evaluation of protective measures for infrastructure vulnerability: A case study on the transalpine transport corridor
Masiero, Lorenzo; Maggi, Rico - USI Università della Svizzera italiana - 2010
Infrastructure vulnerability is a topic of rising interest in the scientific literature for both the general increase of unexpected events and the strategic importance of certain links. Protective investments are extremely costly and risks are distributed in space and time which poses important...
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