Part-Whole Bias in Contingent Valuation: Will Scope Effects Be Detected with Inexpensive Survey Methods?
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- John Whitehead Ph.D., Professor & Department Chair (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to test for scope effects with the contingent valuation method. We
use data from a telephone survey focusing on water quality improvements in the Albemarle
and Pamlico Sounds in North Carolina. We find that the willingness to pay estimates are
sensitive to the scope of the policy. These results suggest that the use of inexpensive survey
methods may not be the cause of the failure to detect scope effects in some recent contingent
valuation studies.
Part-Whole Bias in Contingent Valuation: Will Scope Effects Be Detected with Inexpensive Survey Methods?
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- Publication
- Whitehead, John C., Timothy C. Haab, and Ju-Chin Huang. (1998) Part-Whole Bias in Contingent Valuation: Will Scope Effects Be Detected with Inexpensive Survey Methods? Southern Economic Journal, 65(1): 160-168. Published by the Southern Economic Association (ISSN: 0038-4038).
- Language: English
- Date: 1998