Previous studies (especially in Japan) of volunteer labor supply have the following three weaknesses. (1) Most rely on extemporary questionnaire surveys of hundreds or thousands of individuals about volunteer activities. This approach induces sample-selection bias to the extent that respondents...

Efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions which are linked to the global climate system such as the Kyoto Protocol might fail, if emission-restricted states relocate their carbon-intensive production activities to non-restricted countries where the primary production factors depend on...

In this study, we conducted a choice experiment for estimating the marginal willingness to pay for the different attributes of the small-scale water reservoirs, known as Tameikes, which are prevalent throughout Japan’s inhabitable rural areas. By using Internet surveys, we collected unlabeled...