The economic analysis of many health policies requires an evaluation of the benefits of programs that may prolong human lives. This paper makes significant contributions toward developing credible values for longevity, including demonstrating the feasibility of applying SP market-research...

This paper presents a methodology and empirical estimates from a pilot study for estimating willingness to pay for health improvements associated with reduced exposure to air pollution. The pilot study uses a rated-pair format to elicit stated preferences for various health-state attributes and...

The transfer study, a technique used in cost-benefit analysis, is an increasingly important tool used by government agencies to assess environmental regulatory policy. This innovative book develops protocols for using the transfer method to approach environmental problems and introduces several...

Subjects with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) enrolled in an online panel were asked to evaluate pairs of treatment alternatives with different attributes. Half of the sample saw a cheap-talk text. Preference parameters were estimated using random-parameters logit models to account for unobserved...

Independent applications of open-ended and dichotomous-choice formats are compared using tests of means, estimating joint likelihood functions and nonparametric tests of distributions. The null hypothesis of no difference in the open-ended and dichotomous-choice estimates of central tendency...

Responses of inattentive or inconsistent subjects in stated-choice (SC) surveys can lead to imprecise or biased estimates. Several SC studies have investigated inconsistency and most of these studies dropped subjects who were inconsistent. However, none of these studies reported who is more...