Handbook On Contingent Valuation, Hardcover by Alberini, Anna (EDT); Kahn, James R. (EDT), ISBN 1840642084, ISBN-13 9781840642087, Like New Used, Free shipping in the USNineteen papers presented by Alberini (agricultural and resource economics, U. of Maryland) and Kahn (economics and environmental studies, Washington and Lee U.) contribute to the understanding and practice of contingent valuation of environmental resources, focusing on the improvement of methods, the reduction of biases, and application of contingent valuation in the environmental decision-making process. After a summary of the major development and contributions of contingent valuation over the past 50 years and an introduction to the basic methodology, chapters discuss contingent valuation from the perspectives of cost-benefit analysis, ethics, and ecological economics. The volume then turns to statistical and methodological considerations, discussing conjoint analysis methodology, design issues in the use of contingent valuation for analyzing the benefits of improved grassland bird populations due to the US Department of Agriculture's Conservation Reserve Program, the use of Bayesian techniques for hypothesis testing in contingent valuation, and the development of better value estimates when research budgets are restricted. The remaining eight papers describe applications of contingent valuation in the US, Africa, Mexico, and elsewhere. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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