This study presents evidence of strategic behaviour in faculty/staff members' reports of willingness-to-pay at a public university. The results suggest that (1) students have a higher mean willingness-to-pay than faculty/staff and that (2) faculty/staff reject clear gains because they expect a...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to measure the impact of a proposed biomass facility on prospective property values using the contingent valuation method. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses a web‐based survey approach to measure respondents' reactions to two scenarios: one...

Growth in oil and gas production in the continental U.S. has led some states to reconsider their taxation of production, prompting comparisons of state policies, especially the rate at which production is taxed. Cross-state comparisons are problematic because states often selectively apply their...