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Title The contingent valuation of environmental resources : methodological issues and research needs / edited by David J. Bjornstad and James R. Kahn
Published Cheltenham, UK ; Brookfield, Vt. : Edward Elgar, [1996]
©1996

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Description x, 305 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series New horizons in environmental economics
New horizons in environmental economics.
Contents 1. Characteristics of Environmental Resources and Their Relevance for Measuring Value / David J. Bjornstad and James R. Kahn -- 2. The Conceptual Underpinnings of the Contingent Valuation Method / Anthony C. Fisher -- 3. Theory Versus Data in the Contingent Valuation Debate / W. Michael Hanemann -- 4. Discussion of the Conceptual Underpinnings of the Contingent Valuation Method by A. C. Fisher / Peter Diamond -- 5. The Sensitivity of CV Outcomes to CV Survey Methods / Howard Schuman -- 6. Sources of Bias in Contingent Valuation / William Schulze, Gary McClelland, Donald Waldman and Jeffrey Lazo -- 7. Evaluating CV Performance: Separating the Light from the Heat / William H. Desvousges, Sara P. Hudson and Melissa C. Ruby -- 8. Rationality and Invariance: Response to Schuman / Jonathan Baron -- 9. Relating Stated Preference Measures and Models to Choices in Real Markets: Calibration of CV Responses / Jordan Louviere
10. Relating Stated and Revealed Preferences: Challenges and Opportunities / Ronald Cummings -- 11. Calibration of CV Responses: Discussion / Alan Randall -- 12. Estimating the Demand for Public Goods: The Collective Choice and Contingent Valuation Approaches / Wallace E. Oates -- 13. Comments on 'Estimating the Demand for Public Goods: The Collective Choice and Contingent Valuation Approaches' / Maureen L. Cropper -- 14. Estimating the Demand for Public Goods: Comments and Extensions / Perry Shapiro and Robert T. Deacon -- 15. Structuring a Research Agenda to Estimate Environmental Values / David Bjornstad and James R. Kahn
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-299) and index
Subject Environmental policy.
Conservation of natural resources -- Research.
Contingent valuation.
Author Bjornstad, David J.
Kahn, James R.
LC no. 95039639
ISBN 1858983215