Handbook on Contingent Valuation by Anna Alberini (English) Hardcover Book

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The Handbook on Contingent Valuation is unique in that it focuses on contingent valuation as a method for evaluating environmental change.

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The Handbook on Contingent Valuation is unique in that it focuses on contingent valuation as a method for evaluating environmental change. It examines econometric issues, conceptual underpinnings, implementation issues as well as alternatives to contingent valuation. Anna Alberini and James Kahn have compiled a comprehensive and original reference volume containing invaluable case studies that demonstrate the implementation of contingent valuation in a wide variety of applications. Chapters include those on the history of contingent valuation, a practical guide to its implementation, the use of experimental approaches, an ecological economics perspective on contingent valuation and approaches for developing nations.The Handbook also contains:Pdiscussions of underlying theoryboth contingent valuation and conjoint analysiscomparisons of real and hypothetical data using experimental approachesan examination of survey structure issuesdeveloping country focuscritical essays concerning the ethical basis of contingent valuation.This new reference book will be warmly welcomed by academics in environmental economics, environmental professionals in government, consulting firms and NGOs. Graduate and undergraduate students in economics, environmental studies and environmental policy will also find this an ever valuable resource.

Author Biography

Edited by Anna Alberini, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, US and James R. Kahn, John F. Hendon Professor of Economics and Director of Environmental Studies, Washington and Lee University, US and Collaborating Professor, Centro de Ciências do Ambiente, Universidade Federal do Amazonas , Brazil

Table of Contents

Contents:1. IntroductionAnna Alberini and James R. KahnPART I: CONTINGENT VALUATION AND ECONOMIC THEORY2. Fifty Years of Contingent ValuationV. Kerry Smith3. A Practitioner's Primer on the Contingent Valuation MethodJohn C. Whitehead4. The Use of Contingent Valuation in Benefit–Cost AnalysisJohn C. Whitehead and Glenn C. Blomquist5. Hypothetical Preferences and Environmental PolicyGregory Cooper6. Protest Bids, Commensurability, and Substitution: Contingent Valuation and Ecological EconomicsBrent Haddad and Richard HowarthPART II: ECONOMETRIC AND EMPIRICAL ISSUES IN CONTINGENT VALUATION7. An Introduction to Choice Modeling for Non-market ValuationSteven Stewart and James R. Kahn8. Experimental Methods for the Testing and Design of Contingent ValuationLaura O. Taylor9. Designing a Contingent Valuation Study to Estimate the Benefits of the Conservation Reserve Program on Grassland Bird PopulationsMary Clare Ahearn, Kevin J. Boyle and Daniel R. Hellerstein10. Modelling Behaviour in Dichotomous Choice with Bayesian MethodsCarmelo J. León and Roberto León11. Temporal Reliability in Contingent Valuation (with a Restrictive Research Budget)Paul M. Jakus, Becky Stephens and J. Mark FlyPART III: APPLICATIONS12. Non-market Valuation on the InternetHale W. Thurston13. Use of Contingent Values of Wildlife and Habitat Preservation in Policy and Benefit–Cost AnalysesJohn B. Loomis14. Valuing Wildlife at Risk from Exotic Invaders in Yellowstone LakeTodd L. Cherry, Jason F. Shogren, Peter Frykblom and John A. List15. The Demand for Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Nets: Evidence from AfricaChristine Poulos, Maureen Cropper, Julian Lampietti, Dale Whittington and Mitiku Haile16. Choice Modeling of Farmer Preferences for Agroforestry Systems in Calakmul, MexicoJames F. Casey17. The Use of Contingent Valuation in Developing Countries: A Quantitative AnalysisDan Biller, Karoline Rogge and Giovanni Ruta18. Combining Stated-Choice and Stated-Frequency Data with Observed Behavior to Value NRDA Compensable Damages: Green Bay, PCBs, and Fish Consumption AdvisoriesWilliam S. Breffle, Edward R. Morey, Robert D. Rowe and Donald M. Waldman19. Public Preferences Toward Environmental Risks: The Case of TrihalomethanesRichard T. Carson and Robert Cameron Mitchell20. ConclusionsAnna Alberini and James R. KahnIndex

Details ISBN1840642084 Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Series Elgar Original Reference Year 2006 ISBN-10 1840642084 ISBN-13 9781840642087 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2006-01-27 Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Cheltenham Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Anna Alberini DEWEY 333.7 Illustrations Illustrations Author James R. Kahn Pages 448 Language English Media Book DOI 10.1604/9781840642087 AU Release Date 2006-01-27 NZ Release Date 2006-01-27 UK Release Date 2006-01-27 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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