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 more...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
Bern
Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group
2018
Frankfurt am Main, Germany : [2007] Frankfurt am Main, Germany : [2018] |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Hohenheimer volkswirtschaftliche Schriften ;
Band 58. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009424528606719 |
| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Originally presented as the author’s doctoral thesis: Hohenheim, 2007. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XVI, 239 pages) : illustrations, charts; digital, PDF file(s) Also available in print form |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783631755150 |
