Valuing Environmental Preferences: Theory and Practice of the Contingent Valuation Method in the US, EU , and developing Countries

CONTENTS......Page 10
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS......Page 14
1. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW......Page 24
PART I: THEORY......Page 38
2. THE PLACE OF ECONOMIC VALUES IN ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION......Page 40
3. NEO-CLASSICAL ECONOMIC THEORY AND CONTINGENT VALUATION......Page 65
4. THE THEORY AND MEASUREMENT OF PASSIVE-USE VALUE......Page 120
5. PUBLIC GOODS AND CONTINGENT VALUATION......Page 154
6. ALTERNATIVES TO THE NEO-CLASSICAL THEORY OF CHOICE......Page 175
PART II: METHODOLOGY......Page 204
7. DOUBT, DOUBTS, AND DOUBTERS: THE GENESIS OF A NEW RESEARCH AGENDA?......Page 206
8. A PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE......Page 230
9. INFORMATION, UNCERTAINTY, AND CONTINGENT VALUATION......Page 281
10. A MONTE CARLO COMPARISON OF OLS ESTIMATION ERRORS AND DESIGN EFFICIENCIES IN A TWO-STAGE STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING PROCEDURE FOR A CONTINGENT VALUATION STUDY......Page 303
11. THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF DISCRETE-RESPONSE CV DATA......Page 325
12. MULTI-LEVEL MODELLING AND CONTINGENT VALUATION......Page 465
13. STATED-PREFERENCE METHODS FOR VALUING ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITIES......Page 483
PART III: CASE STUDIES......Page 504
14. OPTION AND ANTICIPATORY VALUES OF US WILDERNESS......Page 506
15. ELICITATION EFFECTS IN CONTINGENT VALUATION STUDIES......Page 534
16. HOUSEHOLD DEMAND FOR IMPROVED SANITATION SERVICES: A CASE STUDY OF CALAMBA, THE PHILIPPINES......Page 563
PART IV: INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS......Page 606
17. CONTINGENT VALUATION METHODOLOGY AND THE EU INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK......Page 608
18. CONTINGENT VALUATION METHODOLOGY AND THE US INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK......Page 636
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