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Rationality concepts in environmental valuation /
Survey based valuation techniques like the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) rely particularly on the premise of respondents' rationality when answering willingness to pay (WTP) questions. Results of CVM surveys have repeatedly put this fundamental assumption into question. This study adopts a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Alemán |
| Publicado: |
Frankfurt am Main ; New York :
Peter Lang,
2007.
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| Colección: | Hohenheimer volkswirtschaftliche Schriften ;
Bd. 58. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Survey based valuation techniques like the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) rely particularly on the premise of respondents' rationality when answering willingness to pay (WTP) questions. Results of CVM surveys have repeatedly put this fundamental assumption into question. This study adopts a more realistic view of rationality accounting for respondents' limited capacities to process information. Based on cognitive psychology a technique to detect and analyze the bounds of rationality inherent in WTP statements is developed. Using an empirical example, the influence of bounded rationality on the validity of CVM results is analyzed. It is shown that individual differences in information processing play a major role. From these results recommendations for future survey design are developed. |
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| Notas: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Hohenheim, 2007. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 239 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-209). |
| ISBN: | 9783631755150 3631755155 |
| ISSN: | 0721-3085 ; |