Do Hypothetical and Actual Willingness to Pay Differ in Choice Experiments? - Application to the Valuation of the Environment

dc.contributor.authorMartinsson, Peterswe
dc.contributor.authorCarlsson, Fredrikswe
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Economicsswe
dc.date.accessioned2006-12-01swe
dc.date.accessioned2007-02-09T11:16:14Z
dc.date.available2007-02-09T11:16:14Z
dc.date.issued1999swe
dc.description.abstractIn this paper we test the validity of choice experiments with donations for environmental projects. In particular, we test whether or not willingness to pay for projects differs between a hypothetical and an actual choice experiment. Our results do not indicate that choice experiments suffer from overstatement in hypothetical willingness to pay; and this contrasts the results found in external tests of validity in Contingent Valuation. In addition, internal tests of validity indicate transitive and stable preferences in both experimentsswe
dc.format.extent19 pagesswe
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dc.gup.epcid2342swe
dc.gup.originGöteborg University. School of Business, Economics and Lawswe
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2077/2846
dc.language.isoenswe
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorking Papers in Economics, nr 1999:13swe
dc.subjectChoice experiments; External validity; Internal validity; Hypothetical and actual WTP; Public goodsswe
dc.subject.svepBusiness and economicsswe
dc.titleDo Hypothetical and Actual Willingness to Pay Differ in Choice Experiments? - Application to the Valuation of the Environmentswe
dc.type.svepReportswe

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