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Valuing Environmental Preferences
Theory and Practice of the Contingent Valuation Method in the US, EU , and developing Countries
Edited by Ian J. Bateman and Kenneth G. Willis
668 pages
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numerous tables and figures
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234x156mm
978-0-19-924891-9
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Paperback
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01 November 2001
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- Highly topical issue and controversial methodology
- Foreword by Ken Arrow
- Covers EU and developing country applications, and the institutional framework
Just as individuals have preferences regarding the various goods and services they purchase every day, so they also hold preferences regrding public goods such as hose provided by the naural environment. However, unlike provate goods, environmental goods often cannot be valued by direct reference o any market price. Thsi amkes economic analysis of the costs and benefits of environmental change problematic. Over the past few decades a number of methods have developed to address this problem by attempting to value environmental preferences. Principal among hese has been the contingent valuation (CV) method which uses surveys to ask
individuals how much they would be willing to pay or willing to accept in compensation for gains and losses of environmental goods. The period from the mid-1980s to the present day has seen a m,assive expansion in use of the CV method. From its originalroots int eh USA, through Europe and the developed world, the method has now reached worldwide application with a substantial proportion of current studies being undertaken in developing countries where environmental services are often the dominating determinant of everyday living standards. The method has simultaneously moved from the realm of pure academic speculation into the sphere of instiutional decision analysis. However, the past decade also witness a developing critique of the CV method with a number of commentators questioning the
underlying validity of its dervied valuations. This volume, therefore, reflects a time of heated debate, as wellas from commentators who see it as an interesting experimental tool regardless of the question of absolute validity of estimates. The book embraces the theoritical, methodologicl, empirical, and institutional aspects of the current debate. It covers US, European , and developing country applications, and the institutional frameworks within which CV studies are applied.Readership: Land, development, and environmental economists; geographers; lawyers in academic and policy-oriented institutions.
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Edited by Ian J. Bateman, University of East Anglia, and Kenneth G. Willis, University of Newcastle Contributors:
Bateman and Willis
Turner
Hanemann
Carson, Flores, and Mitchell
Sugden
Sugden
Boyle and Bergstrom
Green and Tunstall
Munro and Hanley
Choe, Parke, and Whittington
Hanemann and Kanninen
Langford and Bateman
Adamowicz, Boxall, Louviere, Swait, and Williams
Walsh and McKean
Bateman, Langford, and Rasbash
Lauria, Whittington, Choe, Turingan, and Abiad
Bonnieux and Rainelli
Loomis
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"This is a book that should be on the shelves of anyone with an interest in environmental valuation and of CV in particular. Whilst it is not a CV handbook on 'best practice', it is an invaluable source of reference on a whole range of issues concerning the use of the CV method." - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management "The case studies are particularly informative and well balanced. This book is extremely attractively priced and should find a place on the shelves of many libraries and individuals who have an interest/concern in their attempts to evaluate the many and growing environmental problems facing our planet in the 21st century." - International Journal of Environmental
Studies "Very interesting multi-author truly international book ... very well referenced ... good index." - International Journal of Environmental Studies
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Bateman and Willis: Introduction and Overview
1. Theory1: Turner: The Place of Economic Values on Environmental Valuation
2: Hanemann: Neo-classical Economic Theory and Contingent Valuation
3: Carson, Flores, and Mitchell: The Theory and Measurement of Passive Use Value
4: Sugden: Public Goods and Contingent Valuation
5: Sugden: Alternatives to the Neo-classical Theory of Choice
2. Methodology6: Boyle and Bergstrom: Doubt, Doubts, and Doubters: The Genesis of a New Research Agenda
7: Green and Tunstall: A Psychological Perspective
8: Munro and Hanley: Information, Uncertainty, and Contingent Valuation
9: Choe, Parke, and Whittington: A Monte Carlo Comparison of OLS Estimation Errors and Design Efficiencies in a Two-stage Stratified Random Sampling Procedure for a Contingent Valuation Study
10: Hanemann and Kanninen: Statistical Considerations in CVM
11: Langford and Bateman: Multilevel Modelling and Contingent Valuation
12: Adamowicz, Boxall, Louviere, Swait, and Williams: Stated Preference Methods for Valuing Environmental Amenities
3. Case Studies13: Walsh and McKean: Option and Anticipatory Values for US Wilderness
14: Bateman, Langford, and Rasbash: Elicitation Effects in Contingent Valuation Studies
4. Institutional Frameworks15: Lauria, Whittington, Choe, Turingan, and Abiad: Household Demand for Improved Sanitation Services: A Case Study of Calamba, the Philippines
16: Bonnieux and Rainelli: Contingent Valuation Methodology and the EU Institutional Framework
17: Loomis: Contingent Valuation Methodology and the US Institutional Framework
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